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'''Guido delle Colonne''' (in [[Latin language|Latin]] '''Guido de Columnis''' or '''de Columna''') was an early 13th century [[Sicily|Sicilian]] writer, living at [[Messina]], who wrote in Latin. He is the author of a prose narrative of the [[Trojan War]] entitled ''[[Historia destructionis Troiae]]'' ("History of the destruction of Troy"). |
'''Guido delle Colonne''' (in [[Latin language|Latin]] '''Guido de Columnis''' or '''de Columna''') was an early 13th century [[Sicily|Sicilian]] writer, living at [[Messina]], who wrote in Latin. He is the author of a prose narrative of the [[Trojan War]] entitled ''[[Historia destructionis Troiae]]'' ("History of the destruction of Troy"). |
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[[Dante Alighieri|Dante]] (''[[De vulgari eloquentia]]'' 2.5) named Guido as a poet in the vernacular, and in fact five poems by him in [[ |
[[Dante Alighieri|Dante]] (''[[De vulgari eloquentia]]'' 2.5) named Guido as a poet in the vernacular, and in fact five poems by him in [[Italian language|Italian]] survive. |
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Guido delle Colonne (in Latin Guido de Columnis or de Columna) was an early 13th century Sicilian writer, living at Messina, who wrote in Latin. He is the author of a prose narrative of the Trojan War entitled Historia destructionis Troiae ("History of the destruction of Troy").
Dante (De vulgari eloquentia 2.5) named Guido as a poet in the vernacular, and in fact five poems by him in Italian survive.