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Detail View: Dante Collection: Comm. Introduction

Image Number: 
JRL1216576
Reference Number: 
R64484
Link to Catalogue: 
Image Title: 
Comm. Introduction
Alternative Image Title: 
Fiorentini Exellenti Musica
Parent Work Title: 
La commedia
Alternative Parent Work Title: 
Divina commedia
Translated Parent Work Title: 
Divine Comedy
Creator: 
Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321
Creator Role: 
Author
Creator: 
Landino, Cristoforo, 1424-1504
Creator Role: 
Commentator
Creator: 
Bonini, Bonino, approximately 1450-1528
Creator Role: 
Printer
Display Creator: 
Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321
Date Created: 
1487-05-31
Publication Details: 
Brescia: Boninus de Boninis, de Ragusia
Page/Sheet: 
4r
Image Sequence Number: 
004r
Description: 
Dante Alighieri 'La Commedia' printed by Bonino Bonini with Commentator by Cristoforo Landino. This is the first edition to have an extended series of illustrations for the poem. This page contains the introduction to the Commentator.
Language: 
Italian
Subject: 
Divina commedia (Dante Alighieri)
Subject: 
Literature, Medieval
Subject: 
Epic poetry, Italian--Early works to 1800
Subject: 
Italian literature--15th century
Subject: 
Hell in literature
Subject: 
Christianity
Subject: 
Paradise in literature
Category of Material: 
Printed
Sub-Category: 
Incunabula
Support: 
Paper
Item Height: 
360 mm
Item Width: 
245 mm
Item Depth: 
70 mm
Rights Holder - Image: 
The University of Manchester Library
Rights Holder - Work: 
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights: 
Creative Commons License
Notes: 
Variant setting of sheets h1 and l4 noted by Sheppard in Bodleian copies.