Abstract
This article deals with a less known Latin treatise, called Moral Rhetoric on the Functions of the Members of the Human Body. It is by the Capuan rhetorician Nicolaus de Sanctis, chaplain to several popes, and is dedicated to pope Clement IV (1265–1268). This unusual work has shown that it is perhaps a kind of mirror of Christian society as the Roman Curia wanted it to be, through the difficult times during the wars over the Sicilian succession, in which the Papacy was deeply involved. It is also an important link in the history of medieval organological literature and the rhetorical tradition associated with ars dictaminis cultivated in Southern Italy.
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