Henry of Settimello
Henry of Settimello (in Latin, Henricus Septimellensis or Henricus Pauper; in Italian, Arrigo or Arrighetto da Settimello) was a late 12th-century Italian poet. He was the author of De diversitate fortunae et philosophiae consolatione ("On varying fortune and the consolation of philosophy"), a Latin poem in elegiac couplets. His Latin nickname (meaning "Henry the poor") is linked with a story that he could not afford paper and was forced to write his poems on old animal skins.
Bibliography[]
- Arrighetto, ovvero Trattato contro all' avversità della fortuna di Arrigo da Settimello. Editor Domenico Maria Manni, Florence, 1730. [Latin with Italian prose translation]
- Arrigo da Settimello, Elegia, ed. Clara Fossati, Florence, 2011. [Latin with Italian translation]
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Categories:
- 12th-century Latin writers
- Medieval Latin poets
- 12th-century Italian poets
- Italian male poets
- Latin poetry
- Italian poet stubs