Detail View: Dante Collection:
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Image Number:
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Bookreader Italian MS 2
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Reference Number:
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Italian MS 2
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Parent Work Title:
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La Divinia Commedia
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
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La commedia
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Translated Parent Work Title:
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Divine Comedy
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Creator:
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Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321
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Creator Role:
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Author
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Display Creator:
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Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321
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Date Created:
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15th century
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Description:
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Manuscript of 'La Commedia' by Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321. The text for Inferno runs from ff. 2r - 36v, Purgatoria runs from ff. 38r - 73v, and Paradiso ff. 75-100v. Poems can be found on ff. 1r and 1v, 36v - 37v, 74v, 111-113v. Written space 212 mm high. Doubles columns. 32 - 36 lines per page. Catchwords centred. Italian binding 16th century: brown leather over two wooden boards: small metal bosses and centrepiece: two clasps from back to front.
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Language:
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Italian
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Subject:
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Divina commedia (Dante Alighieri)
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Subject:
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Literature, Medieval
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Subject:
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Epic poetry, Italian--Early works to 1800
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Subject:
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Italian literature--15th century
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Subject:
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Hell in literature
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Subject:
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Christianity
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Subject:
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Paradise in literature
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Category of Material:
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Manuscripts
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Sub-Category:
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Codex
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Technique Used:
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Handwriting
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Medium:
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Ink
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Support:
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Paper
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Support:
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Leather
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Item Height:
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280 mm
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Item Width:
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210 mm
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Provenance:
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Gucci, Tolomei, former owner
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Provenance:
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Kirkup, Seymour, Baron, former owner
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Provenance:
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Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Rights Holder - Work:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Access Rights:
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