Daria by Stefano

The project aims to analyze the correspondence preserved at the Bufalini Archive in San Giustino, limited to the chronological period from 1500 to 1641, with particular attention to analyzing the role of senders and recipients, the relationships between them, their linguistic level, and their writing skills. The intended research is based on the definition of what are here referred to as profiles of investigation: diachronic (establishing a chronological guide to the archival correspondence); diatopic (analyzing the figures of senders and recipients, with the ultimate aim of defining the relationships maintained in the territory—Italian and otherwise—by the Bufalini family during the designated period); content-based (identifying the main topics of discussion); linguistic (understanding the degree of literacy among the correspondents and their linguistic usage); and paleographic/codicological (paleographic examination of each writer’s handwriting, with particular attention to that of the Bufalini family, in order to determine if there are correspondences among family handwriting styles, also taking into account the analysis of the material on which each writer operated).