This article takes as its starting point the vocabulary used in the Decameron to portray the beghini, and examines the history and complex reception of three terms: the feminine noun santese, the derivative form santoccio, and the Sienese term santio, for which this study proposes the form santio in place of sanctio in Dec., VII 3 [29]. Through a systematic analysis of the linguistic and interpretative traditions associated with these lexemes, as well as of the passages in which they occur, the study traces their editorial and lexicographical reception and examines their subsequent intertextual reworkings.
A partire dal lessico con cui Boccaccio descrive i beghini nel Decameron, il contributo analizza la storia e la ricezione di tre vocaboli boccacciani: il sostantivo femminile santese, l’alterato santoccio e il senesismo santio, di cui si propone tale resa formale, in luogo della forma sanctio di Dec., VII 3 [29]. Con un esame sistematico della tradizione linguistico-interpretativa di tali lessemi e dei luoghi decameroniani in cui essi occorrono, se ne considera la fortuna editoriale e lessicografica, fino alle riprese intertestuali successive.
Le «santesi», il «santoccio» e il «bescio santio». Devozione e bigottismo nel ‘Decameron’
Ester Baldi
2026-01-01
Abstract
This article takes as its starting point the vocabulary used in the Decameron to portray the beghini, and examines the history and complex reception of three terms: the feminine noun santese, the derivative form santoccio, and the Sienese term santio, for which this study proposes the form santio in place of sanctio in Dec., VII 3 [29]. Through a systematic analysis of the linguistic and interpretative traditions associated with these lexemes, as well as of the passages in which they occur, the study traces their editorial and lexicographical reception and examines their subsequent intertextual reworkings.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
