An Unknown Episode of Burchiello's Reception in the Early Cinquecento: Florence, Biblioteca Riccardiana, MS 2725, fols $80^{r}-131^{v}

In presenting an unknown manuscript collection of early sixteenth-century comic poems, this article offers a brief account of Burchiello's literary reception in the first half of the century. Shortly before a new breed of comic poets, led by Francesco Berni, elaborated an updated approach to the "Sonetti del Burchiello" (adapted to an earlier Tuscan realistic tradition and to the practical needs of courtly patronage), the anonymous author produced over a hundred sonnets that strictly follow his model's style, often resulting in a patchwork of Burchiellan quotations.