In displaying a manner of writing to which, a century and a half earlier, Juan Boscan had applied the adverb "descuidadamente" in his seminal letter to the Duchess of Soma (169), Sor Juana's speaker presents "Estos versos" as
nugae or trifles, following an old commonplace in classical and early modern poetry.
(51) Finally, there is Cicero's reference to this matter as
nugae (hui, quam diu de nugisl), a word that Catullus had thoroughly imbued with amorous overtones.
(77) John of Salisbury, Policraticus, 5.2, Webb, 2.282; Nederman, "A Duty to Kill," 370; Aysegul Keskin Colak,
Nugae Curialium Reconsidered: John of Salisbury's Court Criticism in the Context of his Political Theory (M.
Horacio na Satira 2.6.50-60, falando acerca da sua amizade com Mecenas, nos apresenta como ele mesmo era util ao general, seu amigo, respondendo-lhe as
nugae propostas por ele, durante suas viagens.
But these are most erroneous paradoxes, ineptae et fabulosae
nugae, rejected by our divines and Christian churches.
Parler ainsi de
nugae theatri (P, PSE, 1081) (des plaisanteries de thEatre), ce n'est pas seulement qualifier les
nugae comme le ferait festiuae ou mEme caninae, c'est supposer qu'il existe une typologie conventionnelle des
nugae et que theatrum permet de distinguer un type reconnu [...].
Le note di Costa non sono mai
nugae divagatone ma contributi di microstoria che acquistano il loro pieno senso e valore se rapportate ai temi maggiori che le occasionano.
(15) See Keulen 2007, 23 on 'Milesiae', '(aniles) fabulae', and '
nugae' as mock selfdepreciatory programmatic terms by which Antonine authors refer to their own literary works in terms of recreational, playful intellectual activity; see also Graverini-Keulen 2009.
Basta ricordare qualche titolo, a partire addirittura dal Contra clericos aulicos di Pier Damiani o dal Policraticus sive
nugae curialium el vestigia philosophorum di John of Salisbury o dalle
Nugae curialium di Walter Map, per risalire al De vita curiali ali Alain Chartier, al De curialium miseriis di Enea Silvio Piccolomini (Pio II), trattati abbastanza noti in cui la corte viene presentata come l'antitesi dell'eremo dove si vive quella "vita solitaria" ritenuta ideale per il saggio.