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Image Number: 
Bookreader Italian MS 2
Reference Number: 
Italian MS 2
Parent Work Title: 
La Divinia Commedia
Alternative Parent Work Title: 
La commedia
Translated Parent Work Title: 
Divine Comedy
Creator: 
Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321
Creator Role: 
Author
Display Creator: 
Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321
Date Created: 
15th century
Description: 
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.
Language: 
ita
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: 
Manuscripts
Sub-Category: 
Codex
Technique Used: 
Handwriting
Medium: 
Ink
Support: 
Paper
Support: 
Leather
Item Height: 
280 mm
Item Width: 
210 mm
Provenance: 
Gucci, Tolomei, former owner
Provenance: 
Kirkup, Seymour, Baron, former owner
Provenance: 
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
Rights Holder - Image: 
The University of Manchester Library
Rights Holder - Work: 
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights: 
Creative Commons License