La divinazione nei ‘Documenti d’Amore’: tra prassi giuridica e disciplina della parola

Abstract

Federico Ubaldini’s edition the Documenta Amoris illustrates his wish to providea linguistic analysis of Francesco Barberino’s work. This contribution analyses how some of these aspects intertwine with divination in its various forms, whichis another important aspect of Barberino’s writings that constantly oscillates between the polesveritas/falsitasand thinness/thickness. The contribution studies a) the legal statute of such techniques, b) the statute of oneiromancy, and c) the statute of judicial astrology within the various levels Show more