The author of the collection is unknown; several details from the stories included in the collection suggest that he was a layperson from Florence and likely belonged to the Ghibelline faction.[3]
References
^Monteverdi, Angelo (1954). "Che cos'è il Novellino?". Studi e saggi sulla letteratura italiana dei primi secoli. Ricciardi. pp. 125–65.
^The Novellino or One Hundred Ancient Tales: An Edition and Translation based on the 1525 Gualteruzzi editio princepts. Translated by Consoli, Joseph P. Routledge. 1997.
^Hall, Joan (1989). "'Bel parlare' and Authorial Narration of the Novellino". Italian Studies. 44: 1–18. doi:10.1179/007516389790509146.