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regular, even bilta, tinor (for tenore), criatura, but el (for il) 7 
frequently, reverenza (literary, as today) and riverenza, peni- 
tenza (literary, as today). Feo Belcari 8 ; regular, even git- 
tare, dilicatamente, niuno, dimando, but desiderando (E, like 
the modern form probably by influence of the secondary ac¬ 
cent ?). 
Prato.—Compagnetto 9 : perfectly like Florentine, except 
nejente (E by influence of ne) and leanza (a word common to 
the writers of the Sicilian School). 
GROUP 2.— Pistoia. —A document of 1259 10 : regular!}' 
I, even dinari, but sengnoria, mesere (for messere), nessuno 
(influence of ne), nepoti. Meo Abbracciavaccar 11 decidedly I, 
but messer (for messere), creato (by influence of creo, etc., like 
the modern Italian form) and criatura, entenda (probably by 
influence of the Sicilian School). 
Lucca.—Buonagiunta : 12 usually I, but lealmente (and re- 
gina). Document of T268 13 : regularly I, but denari. An¬ 
other thirteenth century document: 14 I, but occasionally de- 
(in composition). Document of 1330-1384: 15 regularly I, 
even chidirai (for chiederai), spidale, intrare (beside en¬ 
tered, for entrero), but denaio (beside dinari), despecto (but 
more often dispecto). Pieri’s article; 1 '’ seems to show a little 
less tendency to I than the sources just considered; but yet 
vissica (for vescica), iscire (peasant), ciglieri (for cellario,— 
all these forms have I in the following syllable, however), and 
7. This form, which was common in old Florentine, seems to have 
hesitated to assume I longer than most words containing initial un¬ 
accented E, perhaps through the influence of such forms as del, egli, 
etc. See §20, note 6, and Introduction, §7. 
8. 1410-1484; sde Albertazzi, Prop. XVIII, parte 2a, 225-248. For 
other Florentine documents, which howe'ver present nothing new, see 
Monaci, pp. 246, 273, 274, 280, 349, 354, 425, 519; for the 16th century, 
Cellini’s Vita. 
9. Apparently a “giullare;” 13th century; see Monaci, pp. 94-95. 
10. See Berlan, Prop. IX, parte la, 252-257. 
11. Thirteenth century; see Monaci, pp. 194-195. 
12. Thirteenth century; see Wiese, Altit. Lesebuch, pp. 208-210. 
13. See Monaci, pp 327-328. 
14. See Monaci, pp. 193-194. 
15. See Bongi, Prop., 2a ser., Ill, parte la, pp. 75-134. 
16. AG XII 107-134 and 161-180. The article largely concerns the 
modern dialect; however, as it mentions only non-Florentine forms it 
is not easy to judge of the others. 
