Detail View: Dante Collection: 1.1.1-1.1.91
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Image Number:
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JRL0920529dc
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Reference Number:
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9383
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Link to Catalogue:
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Image Title:
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1.1.1-1.1.91
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Parent Work Title:
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Qui comi[n]cia la vita e costumi dello excelle[n]te poeta vulgari Dante alighieri di firenze honore e gloria delidioma fiorentino
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
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La commedia
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
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Divina 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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Creator:
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Berardi, Cristoforo
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Creator Role:
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Editor
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Creator:
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Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375
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Creator Role:
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Commentator
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Creator:
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Lana, Jacopo della, active 14th century
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Creator Role:
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Commentator
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Creator:
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Wendelin, of Speier, -1477?
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Creator Role:
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Printer
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Display Creator:
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Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321
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Date Created:
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1477
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Publication Details:
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Venice: Vindelinus de Spira
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Page/Sheet:
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18r
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Image Sequence Number:
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018r
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Description:
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First edition of the Divine Comedy with a Commentator; in the text the Commentator is erroneously credited to Benvenuto d'Imola. The Commentator includes Boccaccio's "Life of Dante", published here for the first time. A chapter from Iacopo da Dante is included in the additional historical material. The 'Rubriche di Dante' appear for the first time in this edition. They comprise a list of the first three or four words of each canto; the number of the canto; and a summary of its contents. They are found at the start of each cantica (Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso), and the relevant material is then repeated at the head of each canto. Set in a miniature gothic type. There is an illuminated initial 'N' with a decorative left-hand margin in blue, red and black ink. Incipit: 'Nel mezzo del camin di nostra vita'. Ink annotation appears at the top of the page, in the right margin and between the two columns. Double column layout with the title of the cantica in the upper margin. There is a folio signature in the lower margin. This canto serves as an introduction as a general introduction to the poem.
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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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Printed
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Sub-Category:
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Incunabula
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Technique Used:
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Illumination (image-making process)
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Medium:
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Gold leaf
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Support:
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Paper
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Item Height:
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346 mm
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Item Width:
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244 mm
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Provenance:
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George John Spencer Spencer Earl, 1758-1834, 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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