Ludovico Pasquali (c.1500–1551) was an Italian-language author from

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Life

Pasquali was born and died in

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, in the

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(today in

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). He was from an ancient Dalmatian family with roots in

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. He was a friend, admirer and fellow countryman of Giovanni Bona Boliris. Pasquali studied in the

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and -after being enslaved in Crete by the Turks- returned to his hometown where he spent all his remaining life promoting the culture of

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Italy. He was judged the best "poet" of Venetian Dalmatia during the 16th century. Pasquali wrote a 1549 collection of

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, ''Rime Volgari'' ("Popular Rhymes" – Italian was often called "volgare", with the meaning of "popular", well into the 16th century: it was thought to be the popular version of Latin). His volume in

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''Carmina'' ("Poems") was printed in 1551.

Works

* ''Rime volgari di m. Ludouico Paschale da catharo Dalmatino. Non piu date in luce.'', In Vinegia: appresso Steffano et Battista cognati al segno de S. Moise, 1549 * ''Ludovici Pascalis Iulii Camilli, Molsae, et aliorum illustrium poetarum carmina, ad illustriss. et doctiss. marchionem Auriae Bernardinum Bonifatium per Ludouicum Dulcium nunc primum in lucem aedita.'', Venetiis: apud Gabrielem Iolitum et fratres De Ferrariis, 1551

Legacy

described Pasquali as one of the most "Italians" of the Dalmatian poets: he never wrote in Serbo-Croatian, but only in Italian and sometimes in Latin. The Croatian Encyclopedia describes him as a 'Croatian poet' and notes his works in Italian and Latin.

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