“Filologia totale” e “romenità interiore”: Idee dalla lettura di due Festschriften per Cino Renzi (con una noticina su ‘Dante giudice terreno’)
“Total Philology” and “Inner Romanity”: Ideas from the Reading of two Festschriften in Honor of Cino Renzi (with a Note on “Dante As Terrestrial Judge”)

Summary/Abstract: The article is the transcript of a lecture given in Padua for the presentation of two Festschriften in honor of Lorenzo Renzi. In the opening, the value of Festschriften as an act of the living relations on which the university body is based is discussed. The examination of the contents of the two volumes involves two different issues. The first is that of Renzi’s “total philology” as an effect of his method and his personality as a scholar. Second is the concept of “inner Romanity,” introduced to explain Renzi’s view of philology not only as a key to understanding the “history of humanity” but also the “humanity of history.” A brief note is included at the end, examining the concept of Dante as earthly judge proposed in Roberto Antonelli’s essay.

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