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aCknoWLeDgMents During the years that went into the preparation of this book, I have incurred countless debts on both sides of the atlantic. a note of sincere appreciation goes to John schaeffer, susan Deskis, and David gorman at northern Illinois University, who originally fostered my project: without their unrelenting assistance, this manuscript would not have been possible. special thanks are also due to nicole Clifton , whose knowledge of Latin and medieval literature was helpful in many respects, and to John Mulryan and alva V. Cellini at st. Bonaventure University for their expert advice and unflagging encouragement. the Library and the rare Books room at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign provided the ideal research environment; I am especially thankful to robert Cagle and kathleen kluegel at the english Library for their help and unostentatious expertise. other libraries have also been most welcoming: the Founders Memorial Library at northern Illinois, the Friedsam Library at st. Bonaventure, the Widener Library at harvard, the Biblioteca angelo Mai, and the Biblioteca di Lingue e Lettere in Bergamo. My recent and past research abroad was helped immeasurably by the Dipartimento di Linguistica e Letterature Comparate at Bergamo University. I am most grateful to alessandra Marzola and stefano rosso for furthering my plans and for bearing with my endless qualms. and I wish to thank Maria Vittoria Molinari, Pierluigi Cuzzolin, alberto Castoldi, Mario Corona, Francesca guidotti, rossana Bonadei, giuliano Bernini, giovanni Bottiroli, and Flaminia nicora for their trust and support. In the painful task of editing this manuscript, invaluable help has come from erik scherpf, who put up with early drafts xi and checked my translations; and from Carole sutton, who provided much-needed suggestions on style. to both I send my gratitude and my affection. and affection goes to my many unmentioned friends and to the members of my family: renata, giovanni, Fabiola, tiziana, adolf, erika, and erik to whom my debt is deepest. My solitary work would have been much harder if their patience had not been great and their love unconditional. xii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ...