Reconstructing Historical Italian
Historical linguistics · Transcription · 2025
L’edificio del corpo humano
Close reading and transcription of a sixteenth-century Italian text by Francesco Sansovino.
Academic work · Universitat de València
Context
An individual assignment for Studi linguistici in lingua italiana 2 in the 2024–2025 academic year. The selected passage is “Del naso”, from Sansovino’s 1550 text.
Approach
- Locate the passage in its Renaissance publishing and intellectual context.
- Examine Latin-influenced spelling, archaic morphology, consonant variation, word separation and punctuation.
- Define editorial criteria: expand abbreviations, standardise u/v, update selected conventions and preserve fidelity to the original.
What the work produced
A contextual introduction, linguistic analysis and a transcription with explicit editorial criteria. The paired words on the cover illustrate the historical spelling discussed; they do not replace the source.
Connection to interpreting
Precision requires deciding which features carry meaning and which conventions can change. The project demonstrates close reading and a reasoned approach to linguistic choices.
Source material
- Trascrizione L’edificio.pdf — contextual introduction, language analysis and transcription criteria, pp. 2–8.
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