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Boiardo

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Bo·iar·do  (boi-ärd, b-yär-), Matteo Maria 1440?-1494.
Italian lyric poet known for his unfinished romantic epic Orlando Innamorato (1487).
Boiardo (Italian) [boˈjardo]
n
(Biographies / Boiardo, Matteo Maria (1434-1494) M, Italian, WRITING: poet) Matteo Maria (matˈtɛːo maˈria), conte de Scandiano. 1434- -94, Italian poet; author of the historical epic Orlando Innamorato (1487)
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