L'Enimma in versi di Galileo [Risorsa elettronica] / Giuseppe Patota.
Abstract:
In 1640 Florentine Antonio Malatesti published a collection of one hundred poetic enigmas in the form of sonnets. One of these was dedicated to the telescope designed by Galileo, who appreciated the homage and returned it with his poetic Enimma (also a sonnet) for which he did not provide the solution. It is therefore no wonder that, over time, scholars have searched for it. The author of this article reviews their hypotheses and proposes a new one, the first based on direct evidence drawn from Galilean texts.
Galileo and literature. p. 35-52