Facetiae
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Facetiae is a celebrated 15th-century collection of humorous and often bawdy Latin anecdotes and jokes by the Italian humanist Poggio Bracciolini.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Facetiae canonical | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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joke collection ⓘ literary work ⓘ |
| associatedWith | papal curia in Rome ⓘ |
| author | Poggio Bracciolini NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorBirthPlace | Terranuova Bracciolini NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorEmployer | Roman Curia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNationality | Italian ⓘ |
| authorOccupation | humanist ⓘ |
| circulation | widely read in Renaissance Europe ⓘ |
| circulationForm |
early printed book
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manuscript ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Italy ⓘ |
| culturalContext | humanist Latin literature ⓘ |
| dateWritten | 15th century ⓘ |
| genre |
bawdy stories
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humor ⓘ satire ⓘ |
| hasHumorType |
obscene jokes
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situational comedy ⓘ wordplay ⓘ |
| hasPart | collection of short tales ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
anticlerical satire
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mockery of professional groups ⓘ sexual humor ⓘ social satire ⓘ trickery and deception ⓘ |
| historicalReputation | celebrated collection of jokes ⓘ |
| influenced |
Renaissance humor writing
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later European joke literature ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | educated lay and clerical readers ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| literaryForm |
anecdote
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short story ⓘ |
| literaryInfluenceOn | early modern jest-books ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Renaissance literature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
anecdotes
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jokes ⓘ |
| movement | Italian Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
bawdy content
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depiction of contemporary clerical life ⓘ humorous content ⓘ use of colloquial Latin ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Facetiae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 15th century ⓘ |
| setting | late medieval and early Renaissance Italy ⓘ |
| style |
brief and pointed narratives
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colloquial dialogue ⓘ |
| titleInEnglish | Jests NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writtenBy | Poggio Bracciolini NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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