Macaronea (Tifi Odasi poem)
- Macaronea (Tifi Odasi poem)
"Macaronea" or "Carmen Macaronicum de Patavinisis" ("Macaronic Song from Padua") a comical poem by 15th century poet Tifi Odasi. It is considered to be the earliest example of macaronic verse, and the genre's namesake.
The year of first printing is not indicated on the book itself, but is believed to be 1488 or 1489. The author's pen name is given as "Tifi" in the frontispice, and as "Tifetus" in an acrostic that precedes the text.
The title of the poem is thought to come from "maccerone", a kind of pasta or dumpling eaten by peasants at the time [ [http://porticobooks.com/edu/archive/issue55.htm LinguaPhile online magazine, September 2007] ] . "Macaronea" tells of a prank applied by a band of university students ("macaronea secta") on an apothecary. It is written in a mix of Latin and Italian, in hexameter verse (as would befit a classical Latin poem). It reads as a satire of the bogus humanism and pedantism of doctors, scholars and bureaucrats of the time.]The poem was a success; it was reprinted several times, and inspired many other "Macaronea" in the following decades.
The following excerpt[Michele di Bartolomeo Odasi, "Macaronea": 131-135. From "Le macaronee padovane. Tradizione e lingua", edited by I. Paccagnella, Padova, Antenore, pp. 114-133.] describes the preparation for a magical rite where a duck would be served:]ee also
* "Catinia" by Sicco Polenton
* "Repetitio Zanini" by Ugolino Pisani
* "Tosontea" by Corrado of Padua
* "Baldo" by Teofilo Folengo
* "Macharonea medicinalis" by Gian Giacomo Bortolotti
* "Macharonea" by Vincenzo Baglioni
References
External links
* [http://www.italicon.it/modulo.asp?M=m00097&P=1 Notes on Italian literature at the Italian Ministry of University and Research]
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