Onesto (ca. 1240-1303) was a money lender from Bologna, a friend of Cino da Pistoia
and like him a follower of Guinizelli. Dante praises his work (and quotes from one of his lost
canzoni) in De Volgari
Eloquio (I.xv.6). DGR's source text is
Poeti
del Primo Secolo (II. 145).
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Scholarly Commentary
Introduction
Onesto (ca. 1240-1303) was a money lender from Bologna, a friend of Cino da Pistoia and like him a follower of Guinizelli. Dante praises his work (and quotes from one of his lost canzoni) in De Volgari Eloquio (I.xv.6). DGR's source text is Poeti del Primo Secolo (II. 145).
See DGR's translation for further commentary.