Volgarizzamenti medievali italiani della Bibbia. Note su un campo di studi ancora poco conosciuto

The aim of this article is to retrace the short history of a particular, as well as quite unknown, field of studies: the medieval translations of the Bible in Italy made between the 13th and 15th centuries. After reviewing the first pioneering contributions to the field, which date back to the end of 19th century, I will take into account the role played in the 20th century, by the philological school of the University of Turin from the seventies to the beginning of the nineties. Finally, I will give a glimpse of the more recent approaches to this topic, which are the results of a collaboration between the Ezio Franceschini Foundation and the Ecole française of Rome. Furthermore, this historical path will show that the research on medieval translations of the Bible has gradually become central to philology as well as linguistics, and it has not only been analyzed with new methodologies but also has itself generated new ones.