Il 'Rovesciamento' Del Primo Vocabolario Della Crusca (1612)

Lexicography in Italy: Specific Themes and Trends

“…Upon consultation of the electronic edition of Crusca we realise that more knowledge can be found not only concerning the Italian language but for instance also about Renaissance art lexis which the Vocabolario reports. As Nencioni (2001) comments, thanks to this sophisticated reading of Cosimo Bartoli (a follower of the Alberti tradition) and of Vasari, the space allocated to architectural terminology of the 16th century proves to be well above expectations.…”