La questione del Fiore e del Detto d’Amore: aggiornamenti

This study provides an updated synthesis of the long-standing debate regarding the authorship of the Fiore and the Detto d’Amore, tradition- ally attributed to Dante Alighieri. While the paradigm established by Gianfranco Contini dominated the 20th century, recent philological, codicological, and linguistic evidence has significantly undermined this attribution. Key arguments include the reinterpretation of the name Durante as a speaking name rather than an authorial signa- ture, the French material origin of the Montpellier manuscript, and a complex linguistic stratigraphy that suggests a dynamic textual tradition involving multiple Tuscan areas. The research integrates these findings with advanced computational analysis and Artificial Intelligence. Using stylometric methods such as Support Vector Machines (SVM) and Burrows’ Delta, the study demonstrates a de- finitive statistical distance between the Fiore and Dante’s authentic corpus. Conversely, the data reveals a strong stylistic proximity to the comic-realistic tradition, particularly the works of Rustico Filippi and Cecco Angiolieri. Ultimately, the essay proposes that the author was likely a talented, bilingual Florentine poet active in the circle of Brunetto Latini among Guelph exiles in France.