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    Though the name is suggestive of pasta, this term actually refers to a form of textual pastiche popular for humorous writings in the 16th and 17th centuries. Used in medieval carols and in the most famous book by a certain modern novelist and academician, it also describes the text of a rather mysterious Italian publication of the very late 1400's. What is this form, what is the modern novel, and what is the 15th-century work?

    Question #68526. Asked by lanfranco. (Jul 20 06 4:21 PM)


    peasypod

    		This must be 'Macaronic' language (or Latin) displayed in the Hypnerotomachia of 1499, and used by one of my favourite authors, Umberto Eco in 'The Name of the Rose', and 'Baudolino'.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macaronic



    Jul 20 06, 11:59 PM
    lanfranco

    		Ave e sehr bon! And a silver mace to you, peasy!

    Salvatore remains one of my favorite Eco characters.

    Jul 21 06, 8:31 AM

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