Maria d'Aquino
Appearance
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Fiammetta, Fiametta (Italian for little flame)— pseudonym of Giovanni Boccaccio's beloved and muse, her real name may have been Maria d’Aquino.
Boccaccio's works with her name
- The Filocolo
- Teseida
- Il Filostrato
- Ninfale d'Ameto
- Amorosa visione
- Fiammetta (novel)
- Ninfale fiesolano
- The Decameron (Novels № I, 5; II, 5; III, 6; IV, 1; V, 9; VI, 6; VII, 5; VIII, 6; IX, 5; X, 6)
- Sonnets (№ XLV, XCVII, CII, CXXVI)
See also
- Other famous Fiammetta was lover of Cesare Borgia and a famous courtesan.
Sources
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- Luciano Rebay. Introduction to Italian poetry
- Giovanni Boccaccio
- Giovanni Boccaccio, Nathaniel Edward Griffin, Arthur Beckwith Myrick. The Filostrato of Giovanni Boccaccio