| Translator |
Storer, Edward, 1880-1944 |
| Title |
Il Novellino: The hundred old tales
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| Original Publication |
United Kingdom: George Routledge & Sons Ltd.,1925.
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| Series Title |
Broadway translations
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| Contents |
Proem -- Of the rich embassy which Prester John sent to the noble Emperor Frederick -- Of a wise Greek whom a King kept in prison, and how he judged of a courser -- How a jongleur lamented before Alexander the conduct of a knight, to whom he had made a gift on condition that the knight should give him whatsoever Alexander might present him with -- How a king committed a reply to a young son of his who had to bear it to the ambassadors of Greece -- How it came into the mind of King David to learn the number of his subjects -- Here it is told how the angel spoke to Solomon, and said that the Lord God would take away the kingdom from his son for his sins -- Of the gift of a king's son to a king of Syria who had been driven from his throne -- Here it is treated of an argument and a judgment that took place in Alexandria -- Here it is told of a fine judgment given by the slave of Bari in a dispute between a townsmen and a pilgrim -- Here it is told how Master Giordano was deceived by a false disciple of his -- Here it is told of the honour that Aminadab did to King David, his rightful lord -- Here it is told how Antigonus reproved Alexander for having a cythera played for his delight -- How a king had a son of his brought up in a dark place, and then showed him everything, and how women pleased him most -- How a land steward plucked out his own eye and that of his son to the end that justice might be observed -- Here it is told of the great mercy wrought by Saint Paulinus the bishop -- Of the great act of charity which a banker did for the love of God -- Of the judgment of God on a baron of Charlemagne -- Of the great generosity and courtesy of the Young King -- Of the great liberality and courtesy of the King of England -- How three necromancers came to the court of the Emperor Frederick -- How the Emperor Frederick's goshawk escaped to Milan -- How the Emperor Frederick found a countryman at a fountain and asked leave to drink, and how he took away his drinking-cup -- How the Emperor Frederick put a question to two wise men, and how he rewarded them -- How the Sultan gave two hundred marks to a man and how his treasurer wrote down the entry in his presence -- Here it is told of a burgher of France -- Here it is told of a great Moaddo who was insulted -- Here it is told of a custom that existed in the kingdom of France -- Here it is told how some learned astrologers disputed about the Empyrean -- Here it is told how a Lombard knight squandered his substance -- Here it is told of a story-teller of Messer Azzolino -- Of the great deeds of prowess of Riccar Loghercio of the Isle -- Here is told a tale of Messer Imberal del Balzo -- How two noble knights loved each other with a great love -- Here it is told of Master Thaddeus of Bologna -- Here it is told how a cruel king persecuted the Christians -- Here it is told of a battle between two kings of Greece -- Of an astrologer called Melisus, who was reprimanded by a woman -- Here it is told of Bishop Aldebrandino, and how he was mocked by a friar -- Of a minstrel whose name was Saladin -- A tale of Messer Polo Traversaro -- Here is told an excellent tale of William of Borganda of Provence -- Here it is told of Messer Giacopino Rangone and what he did to a court player -- Of a question that was put to a courtier -- How Lancelot fought at a fountain -- Here it is told how Narcissus fell in love with his own image -- Here it is told how a knight asked a lady for her love -- Here it is told of King Conrad, father of Conradin -- Here it is told of a physician of Toulouse and how he took to wife a niece of the Archbishop of Toulouse -- Here it is told of Master Francis, son of Master Accorso of Bologna -- Here it is told of a Gascon woman, and how she had recourse to the King of Cyprus -- Of a bell that was ordered in King John's days -- Here it is told of a privilege granted by the Emperor to one of his barons -- Here it is told how the parish priest Porcellino was accused -- Here is told a tale of a man of the court whose name was Marco -- How a man of the Marches went to study in Bologna -- The Woman and the Pear-tree -- The Wisest of the Beasts -- Here it is told of a gentleman whom the Emperor had hanged -- Here it is told how Charles of Anjou loved a lady -- Here it is told of the philosopher Socrates, and how he answered the Greeks -- Here is told a tale of Messer Roberto -- Of good King Meladius and the Knight Without Fear -- A tale told of the Court of Puy in Provence -- Here it is told of Queen Iseult and Messer Tristan of Lyonesse -- Here it is told of a philosopher who was called Diogenes -- Here it is told of Papirius and how his father brought him to the council -- Of a question which a young man proposed to Aristotle -- Here it is told of the great justice of the Emperor Trajan -- Here it is told how Hercules went into the forest -- Here it is told how Seneca consoled a woman whose son had died -- Here is told how Cato lamented against fortune -- How the Sultan being in need of money, sought to find occasion to proceed against a Jew -- The story of a vassal and a lord -- How the Lord entered into partnership with a minstrel -- Here it is told of the great killing done by King Richard -- Here it is told of Messer Rinieri, a knight of the Court -- Here it is told of a philosopher much given to the vulgarisation of science -- Here it is told of a Court player who adored a lord -- The Pilgrim and the Ugly Woman -- Here below it is told of the council which was held by the sons of King Priam of Troy -- Here it is told how the Lady of Shalott died for love of Lancelot of the Lake -- How Christ going one day with his disciples in a deserted place, they saw great treasure -- How Messer Azzolino Romano arranged a great charity -- Of a great famine that was once in Genoa -- The Emperor and the Pilgrim -- How a man went to shrive himself -- Here is told of Messer Castellano da Cafferi of Mantua -- Here is told of a Court player who began a story that never ended -- Here is told how the emperor Frederick killed a falcon of his -- How a certain man confessed to a friar -- Here it is told of a good woman who had made a fine pie -- Here it is told of a countryman who went to shrive himself -- Here it is told of the fox and the mule -- Here it is told of a countryman who went to the town -- Here it is told of Bito and Messer Frulli of San Giorgio near Florence -- Here it is told how a merchant carried wine overseas in casks with two partitions and what happened -- Here it is told of a merchant who bought caps -- Here it is told a pretty tale of love -- How the Emperor Frederick went to the Old Man of the Mountain.
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| Language |
English |
| LoC Class |
PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
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| Subject |
Italian fiction -- Translations into English
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| Subject |
Short stories, Italian -- Translations into English
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| Category |
Text |
| EBook-No. |
68831 |
| Release Date |
Aug 24, 2022 |
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