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''Orlando Innamorato'' (''Orlando in Love'') is an epic poem written by the Italian Renaissance author Matteo Maria Boiardo. The poem is a romance concerning the heroic knight Orlando (Roland). It was published between 1483 (first two books) and 1495 (third book published separately, first complete edition). ==Composition and publication== To material largely quarried from the Carolingian and Arthurian cycles, Boiardo added a superstructure of his own making. As the plot is not woven around a single pivotal action, the inextricable maze of most cunningly contrived episodes are seen to be linked, first, with the quest of beautiful Angelica by love-smitten Orlando and the other enamoured knights, then with the defence of Albracca by Angelica's father, the King of Cathay, against the beleaguering Tartars, and, finally, with the Moors' siege of Paris and their struggle with Charlemagne's army. The poem, written in the ''ottava rima'' stanza rhythm, consists of 68 cantos and a half. Boiardo began the poem when he was about 38 years old, but interrupted it for a time because of the Ottoman–Venetian War (1463–1479). He is believed to have continued till 1486, but then left the poem unfinished. The last verses say: meaning that during his work at the poem Boiardo could see all Italy in war. The first two books were published sometime between 1482 and 1483, most likely by Pietro Giovanni di San Lorenzo in Reggio; but all copies were lost.〔Matteo Maria Boiardo, ''L'Orlando innamorato'', Andrea Canova (ed.), Milan: BUR Rizzoli, 2011, Vol. I, 'Introduzione'.〕 It most likely bore the title ''L'innamoramento de Orlando''. The third book first appeared in 1495 (Venice: Simone Bevilacqua) under the title ''El fin del inamoramento de' Orlando''. The first complete edition was published later in 1495 (Scandiano: Camillo Boiardo). Like the ''editio princeps'' (first two books), the first complete edition of 1495 has been completely lost. The oldest copy which came down to us is the 1487 reedition of the first two books (Venice: Pietro de' Piasi); only one copy exists, kept at the Biblioteca Marciana. There is also only one extant copy of the 1495 Venitian edition of the third book, located in Monaco. The oldest complete edition we have is dated 1506 (Venice: Giorgio de' Rusconi); there also remains only one copy, kept at the Marciana. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Orlando Innamorato」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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