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-'''''Il Novellino''''' (also known as '''Cento Novelle Antiche''') is a [[story collection]] of 50 "[[novelle]]" or short stories by [[Masuccio Salernitano]], each prefaced by a letter of dedication to a famous person and with an epilogue containing the "[[Moral lesson|moral]]" of the story. +'''''Il Novellino''''' (also known as '''Cento Novelle Antiche''') is a [[medieval tale collection]] of 50 "[[novelle]]" or short stories by [[Masuccio Salernitano]], each prefaced by a letter of dedication to a famous person and with an epilogue containing the "[[Moral lesson|moral]]" of the story.
The stories have a strongly [[anti-clerical]] bent, which caused ''[[Il Novellino]]'' to be included in the first ''[[Index Librorum Prohibitorum|Index of Prohibited Books]]'' in [[1557]]. The stories have a strongly [[anti-clerical]] bent, which caused ''[[Il Novellino]]'' to be included in the first ''[[Index Librorum Prohibitorum|Index of Prohibited Books]]'' in [[1557]].
-The 33rd of these stories is the story of [[Mariotto and Giannozza]], which was apparently adapted by [[Luigi da Porto]] ([[1485]]-[[1529]]) first as ''Giulietta e Romeo'' and later as ''Historia novellamente ritrovata di due nobili amanti'' ("Newly retrieved story of two noble lovers"). These three stories, plus another later version by Matteo Bandello and the English translation by [[Arthur Brooke]] in the poem ''[[Tragicall Historye of Romeus and Juliet]]'' ([[1562]]) appear to be the sources for [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare's]] famous play ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]''.+The 33rd of these stories is the story of [[Mariotto and Giannozza]], which appears to be the [[source text]] of [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare's]] famous play ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]''.
==See also== ==See also==
-*[[Edward Storer]]+*[[Edward Storer]]'s ''[[The Hundred Old Tales]]''
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Il Novellino (also known as Cento Novelle Antiche) is a medieval tale collection of 50 "novelle" or short stories by Masuccio Salernitano, each prefaced by a letter of dedication to a famous person and with an epilogue containing the "moral" of the story.

The stories have a strongly anti-clerical bent, which caused Il Novellino to be included in the first Index of Prohibited Books in 1557.

The 33rd of these stories is the story of Mariotto and Giannozza, which appears to be the source text of Shakespeare's famous play Romeo and Juliet.

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