Tifi Odasi
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Michele di Bartolomeo degli Odasi (c. 1450–1492), pen name
Tifi (dagli) Odasi (Latinized as Tifetus or Typhis Odaxius), was an Italian
poet, the inventor of macaronic verse.
Very little is known of his biography, apart that he was born and died at Padua
. He is best known as the author of Macaronea
, a burlesque poem
mixing Latin and Italian dialects (Tuscan and Venetian
of Padua). It is one of the earliest examples - and the namesake - of macaronic verse .
Tifi has also been conjectured to be the author of another work in macaronic Latin, Nobile Vigoncae opus ("The Work of Noble Vigonza"), but that attribution is not widely accepted.
Pen name
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Tifi (dagli) Odasi (Latinized as Tifetus or Typhis Odaxius), was an Italian
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
poet, the inventor of macaronic verse.
Very little is known of his biography, apart that he was born and died at Padua
Padua
Padua is a city and comune in the Veneto, northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Padua and the economic and communications hub of the area. Padua's population is 212,500 . The city is sometimes included, with Venice and Treviso, in the Padua-Treviso-Venice Metropolitan Area, having...
. He is best known as the author of Macaronea
Macaronea (Tifi Odasi poem)
Macaronea or Carmen Macaronicum de Patavinisis a comical poem by the Italian Renaissance poet Tifi Odasi. It is considered to be the earliest example of macaronic verse, and the genre's namesake....
, a burlesque poem
Poetry
Poetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning...
mixing Latin and Italian dialects (Tuscan and Venetian
Venetian language
Venetian or Venetan is a Romance language spoken as a native language by over two million people, mostly in the Veneto region of Italy, where of five million inhabitants almost all can understand it. It is sometimes spoken and often well understood outside Veneto, in Trentino, Friuli, Venezia...
of Padua). It is one of the earliest examples - and the namesake - of macaronic verse .
Tifi has also been conjectured to be the author of another work in macaronic Latin, Nobile Vigoncae opus ("The Work of Noble Vigonza"), but that attribution is not widely accepted.