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In English / Re: Help - Messer Papero e la grotta di Eolo

« il: Domenica 2 Mar 2008, 23:03:53 »

Thanks! Yes, I guess we must assume then that Martina is in fact the author of that line, and that Gemma is also a character Martina has made up. A bit strange since almost all characters that appear in the story are real people from Italian history, but I guess that is not the case with Gemma.

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In English / Help - Messer Papero e la grotta di Eolo

« il: Domenica 2 Mar 2008, 20:28:07 »

Hello!

I am currently writing the third part of a series of articles for the Norwegian Disney-comics fanmagazine KVAKK!, about the story "Messer Papero", which was originally published in Topolino 1425-1431. And I have a question about the fifth part of that story (Messer Papero e la grotta di Eolo). What is the Italian text in the last panel on page 14 of that story? I only have the Norwegian translation, which says something like "To Gemma! If only my heart was a box that could keep you captured". I suspect that Martina/Carpi have taken this from a poem, possibly "Stanze per la giostra" by Angiolo Poliziano, but reading through an English translation of that poem I can't find something that looks like the Norwegian translation. So does anyone here have that this story in Italian, and is able to see what Donald is thinking (while he is in love). And is the woman (Daisy) he is in love with also called Gemma in Italian?