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facetiae

In the Renaissance, humorous, often indecent, anecdotes and stories that circulated in Latin among the humanist scholars. The first and one of the most popular collections was Facetiae (or Liber facetiarum) by the Italian scholar Poggio Bracciolini, the chief targets being the monastic orders and the secular clergy. They were akin to the medieval fabliaux.
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These are also the years, after all, of Poggio's Facetiae.
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That last phrase slips in between facetiae, for "amusing or witty remarks or writing," and facetious, for "not meant to be taken seriously.
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His humor had been displayed not only in his poetry but also in tales about him collected in Poggio Bracciolini's Facetiae.
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