'Et sono molto meglio le femine che gli omini': Giordano da pisa preaching on Catherine of Alexandria

Abstract

The article introduces, edits, and translates a vernacular reportatio of the sermon given for the feast day of Saint Catherine of Alexandria on Wednesday, 25 November 1304, at the Dominican church of Santa Maria Novella in Florence, as recorded by the audience of the Dominican preacher Giordano da Pisa (c.1260–1311). The transcription is taken from Oxford, Bodleian Manuscript Canon. Ital. 132, folios 35^ra–36^ra. The article begins with a short presentation of the preacher, followed by an introductory interpretation of the context and significance of this sermon. The transcription of the sermon is preceded by codicological and editorial information, and is followed by a translation into English from the original Florentine vernacular.