Acknowledgements
Exception made for the first chapter, the texts that appear in this collection have been published for the first time in the following journals or collections of texts. I thank the editors and the publishers for allowing the use of these articles.
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I would also like to express my gratitude to the anonymous reviewers, whose comments helped me to enhance the quality of these texts, as well as to Cristiano Casalini for accepting this book in the HEMET series. For their readings, comments, and support over the years, I would like to thank my friends and colleagues Serena Masolini, Véronique Decaix, Daniel Heider, Paula Silva, José Filipe Silva, Chiara Paladini, Nicola Polloni, Andrea Robiglio, Guy Guldentops, Iolanda Ventura, Fabio Zinelli, André Martin, Nicoletta Nativo, and Lorenzo Centini; the library staff of the Forschungsbibliothek in Gotha, in particular Daniel Gehrt and Sacha Salatowski; the library staff of the Biblioteca Vallicelliana in Rome; and Marie-Antoinette Coste, director of the manuscript collection (fonds des manuscrits) of the Médiathèque Jacques Lanzmann in Loches. Last but not least, I wish to thank Daniele De Santis for his constant presence. I dedicate this book to the memory of my grandmother, Maria Teresa Recchi, in gratitude for her invaluable support through the years.