Short Fiction · Character
Messer Cincolo
A comic or wise figure offering counsel in the narrative.
minor
Also known as Cincolo, good Cincolo
First appearance: A Tale of the Passions
Messer Cincolo shows up with force in A Tale of the Passions. The page is where that presence becomes real.
A Ghibelline cobbler who longs to fight for Corradino but stays home for his wife; he receives the mysterious youth Ricciardo de' Rossini.
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- Diverse Ensemble
- Historical Villainy
- Love and Intrigue
- Protagonist
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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