Un ignoto testimone dresdense della prima redazione dell’Arcadia

This article focuses on the recent discovery of a new complete witness of the first edition of Sannazaro’s prosimetrum Arcadia (shelf mark Ob. 28) at the Sächsische Landesbibliothek in Dresden. It begins with a detailed description of the codex itself, which though previously noted in bibliographical references was not known to contain an Arcadia witness. The article then examines the errors present in the text and its variae lectiones in order to shed light on its relationship with other first edition witnesses and attempt to collocate it within the manuscript tradition.