Su un sonetto di Ercole Strozzi già attribuito a Baldassar Castiglione

The sonnet Euro gentil, che gli aurei crespi nodi has been ascribed to BaldassarCastiglione since the edition printed by Gabriel Giolito, Rime disperse, in 1545. Not long afterGiovan Battista Giraldi Cinzio, in his Discorso intorno al comporre dei romanzi (1554), suggestedErcole Strozzi (1471-1508) to be the real author of the sonnet. In spite of that, Eurogentil has been included in Castiglione’s vulgata until modern days. The article investigates thetradition of the sonnet, which include six MSS witnesses; five of them attribute it to Strozzi. Anew edition of Strozzi’s lyric poems is provided, with new readings from 16th century MSS.Two previously unknown Strozzi’s sonnets are published from MS. Piacenza, Bibl. Passerini-Landi, Pallastrelli 230. The double tradition of Euro gentil is reviewed and the text comparedwith the rest of Strozzi’s vernacular poetry, showing the most important common features.