An early humanist, he still wrote in
medieval Latin. His commentary on Dante was known as the
Comentum super Dantis Aligherii comoediam.
Charles Eliot Norton considered that Benvenuto's commentary on Dante had "a value beyond that of any of the other fourteenth-century commentators". It exists in three versions: one published in 1875, one from his time in Ferrara, and a third published in 1887 by
William Warren Vernon (edited by
James Philip Lacaita). Benvenuto acknowledged influence himself from the tradition of
Averroes and
Hermannus Alemannus, as well as Boccacio. Other works were: •
Romuleon, a Latin compendium of Roman history. It was an extensive compilation in ten books, made in the period 1361–4 for Gómez Albornoz. At the end of the 15th century it was rewritten by
Adamo Montaldo. It covered the history from the
foundation of Rome to
Constantine the Great. :This work is not connected to the
Gesta Romanorum, but sometimes went under the title
De Gestis Romanorum, or in its French version
Des fai(t)s des Romains. It circulated in a small number of manuscripts of high quality; the first French translation (1460) was by
Jean Miélot, for
Philip the Good and it was transcribed by
David Aubert. Another followed in 1466 by
Sébastien Mamerot, for
Louis de Laval, seigneur de Châtillon. Six manuscripts of Miélot's
Romuléon are known. • A commentary on
Virgil's
Eclogues (Bucolics) and
Georgics. He also disapproved of the classical commentary of
Servius. • Commentaries on
Lucan,
Valerius Maximus, and the tragedies of
Seneca the Younger; He also wrote on
Petrarch's
Carmen Bucolicum. ==Notes==