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<p>This article examines an unpublished Latin commentary on Isocrates’s <i>Encomium of Helen</i>, written in 1565 by the humanist Francesco Ciceri, professor of rhetoric and classical languages at the Palatine schools of Milan. The text is preserved in MS Guelf. 4262 (Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel). The study analyses Ciceri’s reading practices and his use of a broad range of Greek and Latin sources – classical, medieval, and humanist – within the educational and rhetorical framework of Renaissance civic instruction. The contribution sheds light on the transmission and reception of Isocrates in the Renaissance, the practice of humanist commentary, and the reconstruction of Ciceri’s library as a collector of ancient manuscripts.</p>

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Humanist Exegesis in Action: Francesco Ciceri on Isocrates’s Encomium of Helen

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    2026年3月11日

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  • Micol Muttini

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This article examines an unpublished Latin commentary on Isocrates’s Encomium of Helen, written in 1565 by the humanist Francesco Ciceri, professor of rhetoric and classical languages at the Palatine schools of Milan. The text is preserved in MS Guelf. 4262 (Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel). The study analyses Ciceri’s reading practices and his use of a broad range of Greek and Latin sources – classical, medieval, and humanist – within the educational and rhetorical framework of Renaissance civic instruction. The contribution sheds light on the transmission and reception of Isocrates in the Renaissance, the practice of humanist commentary, and the reconstruction of Ciceri’s library as a collector of ancient manuscripts.