Domenico Poggini Medal
On the obverse, the medal depicts the poet in profile with wavy, long hair covering the nape of his neck, accompanied by the legend LVDOVICUS ARIOSTVS. The reverse, on the other hand, depicts a hand wielding a shear with which the forked tongue of a snake hidden in the grass of a meadow is sliced […]
A page from the signature book
Interest in Ludovico Ariosto’s last home is well evidenced by the large number of visitor signatures on the registers at the entrance to the parva domus. Tra i nomi illustri tra cui figura anche quello di Giuseppe Verdi (4 maggio 1872), alla cui firma un estimatore il giorno successivo aggiunse l’augurio “All’autore dell’Aida”. Another historic […]
Urn with presumed phalanx of the poet
Urn with presumed phalanx of the poet The phalanx preserved inside the urn is supposed to be that of Ludovico Ariosto’s right hand and was found by anatomy professor Pietro Folchi in 1801 at the tomb of San Benedetto. The occasion of the discovery was the translation of the poet’s ashes from the church […]