Ludovico Pasquali
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Ludovico Pasquali (also known in Croatia as Ludvig Paskvalić) was an Italian author, from Cattaro in the Albania Veneta
(today Kotor
, Montenegro
).
. Pasquali studied in the University of Padova and -after being enslaved in Crete by the Turks- returned to his hometown where he spent all his remaining life promoting the culture of Renaissance
Italy.
Pasquali wrote a collection of poems in Italian language, Rime Volgari of 1549 ("Popular Rhymes" - Italian was often called, well into the 16th century, "volgare", with the meaning
of "popular": it was thought to be the popular version of Latin). His volume in Latin language "Carmina" ("Poems") was printed in 1551.
The Dalmatian Italian Pasquali is remembered by scholar Scotti as one of the most "Italians" of the Dalmatian poets: he never wrote in serbo-croatian, but only in Italian and sometimes in Latin.
and Croatian literature
insert Pasquali into their own literatures: for Croats
he is Ludvig Paskvalić and Paskalić, for Montenegrins he is Ludovik Paskojević and Pasković.
The preface of the anthology "Croatian Latinists" state : "Having to establish the name of the poet, we have opted for the version Paskvalić because it is favoured by the Latin form (Pascalis) and the Italian (Paschale, Pascale) one of his surname, as the author himself signed alternatively, form that his descendants changed into Pasquali in the XVIII century."
In September 1993 was published the work "Stara knjizevnost Boke" ("The Ancient Literature of the Bay of Kotor")
in which the editors - the essayists Slobodan Prosperov Novak
, Ivo Banac
and Don Branko Sbutega - declared expressly that the aim of their work is that of returning to the Croatian literature the writers of the Bay of Kotor, and in other words of a piece of Montenegro
, because those writers, being Catholics, cannot be considered Montenegrins but Croats.
Albania Veneta
Venetian Albania was the name for the possessions of the Venetian Republic in southern Dalmatia that existed from 1420 to 1797. It originally covered the coastal area of what is now northern Albania and the coast of Montenegro, but the Albanian and southern Montenegrin parts were lost to the...
(today Kotor
Kotor
Kotor is a coastal city in Montenegro. It is located in a secluded part of the Gulf of Kotor. The city has a population of 13,510 and is the administrative center of the municipality....
, Montenegro
Montenegro
Montenegro Montenegrin: Crna Gora Црна Гора , meaning "Black Mountain") is a country located in Southeastern Europe. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south-west and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast and Albania to the...
).
Life
Born in the venetian Cattaro, he was friend, admirer and fellow countryman of Giovanni Bona de BolirisGiovanni Bona Boliris
Giovanni Bona de Boliris was a humanist poet and writer, who wrote in Latin and Italian.-Life:Boliris was born in Cattaro, in Albania Veneta Giovanni Bona de Boliris (c.1520 – c.1572) was a humanist poet and writer, who wrote in Latin and Italian.-Life:Boliris was born in Cattaro, in Albania...
. Pasquali studied in the University of Padova and -after being enslaved in Crete by the Turks- returned to his hometown where he spent all his remaining life promoting the culture of Renaissance
Renaissance
The Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. The term is also used more loosely to refer to the historical era, but since the changes of the Renaissance were not...
Italy.
Pasquali wrote a collection of poems in Italian language, Rime Volgari of 1549 ("Popular Rhymes" - Italian was often called, well into the 16th century, "volgare", with the meaning
of "popular": it was thought to be the popular version of Latin). His volume in Latin language "Carmina" ("Poems") was printed in 1551.
The Dalmatian Italian Pasquali is remembered by scholar Scotti as one of the most "Italians" of the Dalmatian poets: he never wrote in serbo-croatian, but only in Italian and sometimes in Latin.
Works
- Rime volgari di m. Ludouico Paschale da catharo Dalmatino. Non piu date in luce., In Vinegia: appresso Steffano et Battista cognati al segno de S. Moise, 1549
- Ludovici Pascalis Iulii Camilli, Molsae, et aliorum illustrium poetarum carmina, ad illustriss. et doctiss. marchionem Auriae Bernardinum Bonifatium per Ludouicum Dulcium nunc primum in lucem aedita., Venetiis: apud Gabrielem Iolitum et fratres De Ferrariis, 1551
Nationalistic dispute
Also historians of MontenegrinMontenegrin literature
Montenegrin literature is the literature written in the South Slavic country of Montenegro, mainly in Montenegrin language.-Characteristics:...
and Croatian literature
Croatian literature
Croatian literature is a definition given to the compilation of novels, dramas, short stories, poems and other various work of written kind entirely attributed to the medieval and modern culture of the Croats and the Croatian language....
insert Pasquali into their own literatures: for Croats
Croats
Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...
he is Ludvig Paskvalić and Paskalić, for Montenegrins he is Ludovik Paskojević and Pasković.
The preface of the anthology "Croatian Latinists" state : "Having to establish the name of the poet, we have opted for the version Paskvalić because it is favoured by the Latin form (Pascalis) and the Italian (Paschale, Pascale) one of his surname, as the author himself signed alternatively, form that his descendants changed into Pasquali in the XVIII century."
In September 1993 was published the work "Stara knjizevnost Boke" ("The Ancient Literature of the Bay of Kotor")
in which the editors - the essayists Slobodan Prosperov Novak
Slobodan Prosperov Novak
Slobodan Prosperov Novak , is a Croatian literature historian, comparativist and theatrologist.-Biography:He graduated comparative literature in 1973 at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb, receiving his M.A. in 1976 and Ph.D. in 1978. He worked as a journalist in a periodical...
, Ivo Banac
Ivo Banac
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and Don Branko Sbutega - declared expressly that the aim of their work is that of returning to the Croatian literature the writers of the Bay of Kotor, and in other words of a piece of Montenegro
Montenegro
Montenegro Montenegrin: Crna Gora Црна Гора , meaning "Black Mountain") is a country located in Southeastern Europe. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south-west and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast and Albania to the...
, because those writers, being Catholics, cannot be considered Montenegrins but Croats.
Bibliografia
- Gliubich, Simeone. Dizionario biografico degli uomini illustri della Dalmazia Battara Librai. Zara,1856
See also
- Giovanni Bona BolirisGiovanni Bona BolirisGiovanni Bona de Boliris was a humanist poet and writer, who wrote in Latin and Italian.-Life:Boliris was born in Cattaro, in Albania Veneta Giovanni Bona de Boliris (c.1520 – c.1572) was a humanist poet and writer, who wrote in Latin and Italian.-Life:Boliris was born in Cattaro, in Albania...
- Dalmatian ItaliansDalmatian ItaliansDalmatian Italians are a mostly historical Italian national minority in the region of Dalmatia, part of the Republics of Croatia and Montenegro.-Characteristics:...