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414:('New Wheel'), written around 1225–1226 and preserved complete in a single manuscript (partially in three others), is an introductory Latin text on the art of letter writing. The long preface contains a short autobiography in the third person. The main body is divided in two sections, one on errors to avoid and the other on rules to follow. The title, a play on
368:) for a total of 95 rhetorical models. Each chapter is designed for a given situation (e.g., a father to his son at university). The three Latin letters represent three different levels of "rhetorical complexity". The complete work is found in three manuscripts. In a concession to popular taste, Guido included one
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It deserves to be called 'The New Wheel,' because, just as the status of anyone goes through many changes with the advent of something new, so through the aforesaid mutation Guido ascended from a lower to a higher position. And sitting enthroned in the seat of the wheel, he holds in his right hand
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The malice of the adversary of old began to envy Guido's future wisdom and the service he would perform for humanity to such an extent that he had to abandon his literary studies in which he had achieved great proficiency, and descend to learning, in addition, the blacksmith's art. In this he had
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in 1219–1220. In his autobiography, he describes his notarial turn allegorically as being "handed over to the solace of the tanners". He further claims that he served "for two years as the scribe of the bishop of
Bologna", and this is confirmed by documents for the period 1221–1222 under Bishop
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Guido was born in
Bologna in or shortly before 1190. His father's name was Niccolò. In some manuscripts of his work, he is called Guido de Lombardia. According to his own account, he received the nickname Faba as a child "because of the effect of his antics". It comes from the Latin expression
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interprets this passage as an allegory describing how Guido quit the humanities (literary studies or humanistic letter) to study law for two years before returning to his former studies. This probably took place in 1211–1213. For financial reasons, he became a
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Disappointed, according to his account, by the worldliness of the bishop's court, Guido returned to scholarly practice around 1223. Before 1225–1226, he became a teacher of rhetoric attached to the chapel of San
Michele in
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is a collection of model speeches for use by statesmen, judges, ambassadors and churchmen. It was written before 1240–1241, when a revised version with six additional long speeches appeared. An
Italian version is also
396:, a collection of Latin proverbs in eighteen thematic chapters, has been attributed to Guido on the basis of its structure and the sole manuscript that preserves its, in which it immediately follows a copy of Guido's
901:
Raccagni, Gianluca (2013). "The
Teaching of Rhetoric and the Magna Carta of the Lombard Cities: The Peace of Constance, the Empire and the Papacy in the Works of Guido Faba and His Leading Contemporary Colleagues".
27:(Oxford, New College Library, MS 255, fol. 1r). At the top, he sits throned and receiving wings from the Archangel Michael. The allegorical meaning of the illustration is found in the autobiographical preface.
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in both Latin and vernacular
Italian, making it the earliest evidence for formal letter writing in the vernacular in Italy. There are nine complete manuscripts and two that omit the vernacular examples.
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two wings, which he received from the archangel . In one of these wings the vices of all letter writing are cut away, and in the other wing are contained the rules which constitute the knowledge of
360:, written around 1242–1243 and generally considered Guido's last work, is another work that mixes Latin and the vernacular. It contains 26 model vernacular speeches (
251:, is a collection of 330 suggested opening sentences for letters. It is divided into nine sections. In some manuscripts, each opening is given a corresponding
350:, written in Latin between 1239 and 1248, is a guide to letter writing, including technical and stylistic aspects and terms of address. It includes model
854:
Through A Classical Eye: Transcultural and
Transhistorical Visions in Medieval English, Italian, and Latin Literature in Honour of Winthrop Wetherbee
241:, written around 1226–1228, is a collection of 220 model letters for writing to everybody from a student to the emperor. It was highly influential.
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Several short works by Guido are found only in Oxford, New
College Library, MS 255, the same manuscript containing the complete text of the
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By 1210, Guido had a master's degree. According to his autobiographical account, he took a two-year hiatus from his original studies at the
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219:, written in 1228–1229 and dedicated to Aliprando Faba, is Guido's major theoretical work. An epitome is known under the title
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Copeland, Rita (2009). "Medieval
Intellectual Biography: The Case of Guido Faba". In Andrew Galloway; R. F. Yeager (eds.).
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is a collection of model letters for supplications to the pope. Its date is uncertain. It is known from ten manuscripts.
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Littera quam magister Guido Sancti
Michaelis Bononie misit scolaribus in suo principio, et lecta fuit per omnes scolas
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Cartlidge, Neil (2004). "The Battle of Shrovetide: Carnival against Lent as a Leitmotif in Late Medieval Culture".
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The central canon of Guido's writings consists of six Latin works, all on rhetoric, often transmitted together.
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probably represents the new curriculum Guido introduced at San Michele. The two parts of the text are called
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388:, is a collection of model petition letters on ecclesiastical topics. It was written between 1226 and 1234.
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Rhetoric in the Middle Ages: A History of Thetorical Theory from Saint Augustine to the Renaissance
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Medieval Grammar and Rhetoric: Language Arts and Literary Theory, AD 300–1475
90:, to be a jokester. It has, however, been suggested that he was related to
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Copeland, Rita; Sluiter, Ineke, eds. (2012). "Guido Faba, Preface to the
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advanced for two years when he was recalled by three miracles from God.
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Guido going around the wheel of fortune in an illustration for his
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Guido Faba (2000). Campbell, Alphonsus P.; Pini, Virgilio (eds.).
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ab effectu rei hoc praenomen Faba annis puerilibus acquisivit
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Invectiva magistri contra scolares malitiosos et tenaces
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62:(art of letter writing). Although he wrote mainly in
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877:(1941). "An 'Autobiography' of Guido Faba".
869:. Oxford University Press. pp. 699–705.
919:. In Peter Hainsworth; David Robey (eds.).
783:Guido Faba (2022). Vescovo, Michele (ed.).
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263:(body). In other manuscript, the
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