Appunti su Genova e Cipro negli «exempla» del codice Cocharelli (sec. XIV)

The Cocharelli Codex is a richly illuminated manuscript produced in Genoa within the first half of the 14th century of which only 27 leaves survive today. The codex contains a Latin treatise on vices and virtues written by a member of the Cocharelli family for the education of his children. The text transmitted by the manuscript is of particular interest because it contains a series of historical exempla relating to some of the events that occurred in Genoa and in the Latin East between the end of the 13th and the beginning of the 14th century. The author explicitly affirms that these narratives derive from the memories of his grandfather Pellegrino Cocharelli, whose presence and commercial activities are well documented in Acre, Cyprus and Genoa between 1269 and 1307. The essay focuses on some passages taken from the exempla concerning Genoa and Cyprus and offers an attempt at interpreting the miniature of London, BL, Egerton 3781, f. 1r.