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Detail View: Dante Collection: Woodcut

Image Number: 
JRL1216843
Reference Number: 
R64484
Link to Catalogue: 
Image Title: 
Woodcut
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: 
r3v
Image Sequence Number: 
r003v
Description: 
Dante Alighieri 'La Commedia' printed by Bonino Bonini with Commentator. This is the first edition to have an extended series of illustrations for the poem. Full page woodcut illustration.
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
Sub-Category: 
Illustrated works
Technique Used: 
Woodcut (process)
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.