Philelfiana is a digital space for information, updates, and scientific communication on the age of Humanism, developed within the Chair of Humanistic Philology at the University of Macerata (Professor Silvia Fiaschi).
Its name is derived from Francesco Filelfo, a central figure in the European context of the fifteenth-century Renaissance. It is the result of a work spanning more than a decade, initiated in 2012 thanks to national funding from FIRB (RBFR12EYFD) for the research project Oriente e Occidente nell’Umanesimo europeo: la biblioteca e le lettere di Francesco Filelfo (1398-1481). Ricostruzione e catalogazione della collezione libraria, edizione dell’epistolario, repertorio lessicografico, filologico e storico-bibliografico online della corrispondenza latina, greca e volgare, coordinated by Silvia Fiaschi (PI).
Watch this presentation video as part of the research activities of the Department of Humanities
minutes 25:15 – 34:55
A plural Project
From a monographic project, whose significant results have had a decisive impact on scientific progress, Philelfiana has evolved into a Plural project today, promoting and supporting philological, linguistic, literary, and codicological research on the 14th-16th centuries. In addition to continuing studies on Francesco Filelfo, it develops new and important lines of inquiry, also thanks to collaboration with important preservation institutions and research centers:
TRA.MA.BO. – Boccaccio’s Tradition in Le Marche Region (XIVth-XVIth Centuries)
The scientific insights prompted by investigations into a key figure like Francesco Filelfo now allow for the illumination of many new aspects of the humanistic trajectory, wherein the plural and complex roots of Europe’s diverse cultural ‘identities’ reside.
Research and/is the Dialogue
Sharing, circulation, dialogue, education: these are some of the concepts underlying the humanistic phenomenon. Philelfiana interprets them by developing and promoting its research in collaboration with schools and local entities (Certamen Philelfianum); by enhancing the resources of territories through agreements (Biblioteca Oliveriana di Pesaro); by establishing national and international networks (S.I.S.M.E.L.); by identifying forms and strategies of effective and sustainable scientific dissemination and communication (I quaderni del Certamen); and by consolidating training paths in the sector, from university curricula to research.
