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Cino da Pistoia (1270–1336/7)
Cino da Pistoia (chē’nō dä pēs-tō’yä). An Italian poet (1270–1336/7); born at Pistoia. By profession he was a jurisconsult, and he wrote a celebrated commentary on the Justinian Code. Thereafter till his death he was professor of jurisprudence in Italian universities. He was an intimate friend of Dante. His love songs (‘Rimes’) addressed to his mistress Selvaggia are full of tender passion; they entitle him to a place among the lyric precursors of Petrarch.