De la recension à l’identification de l’autographe du Ragionamento di Domenico Sauli a Francesco suo figliuolo nel quale si narrano alcuni particolari avenimenti della vita sua

Abstract

In 1541, Domenico Sauli, a member of an important family of Genoese merchants and bankers which flourished in the 15th and 16th centuries, is accused of financial embezzlement. To defend himself, Sauli writes his memoirs traditionally entitled Ragionamento di Domenico Sauli a Francesco suo figliuolo nel quale si narrano alcuni particolari avenimenti della vita sua. The article aims to identify the autograph of Domenico Sauli by the study of his handwriting. The identification is based on all the available manuscripts which encompass two versions of the text.