Antroponyms in Ars Dictaminis and Swabian-Latin Poetry: Games, Sequences, and Interpretatio Nominis

Abstract

This contribution focuses on the usage of anthroponyms in poetic texts, epistles, and models of dictamen from the XIII and XIV centuries, specifically concerning Emperor Frederick II Hohenstaufen, his relatives, and the kingdom of Sicily. It is worth noting that both the poetic texts and prose dictamina feature sequences of anthroponyms, along with etymological explanations, puns, and clever wordplay, serving either an encomiastic or polemical purpose.