Detail View: Dante Collection: Prologo sopra el purgatorio

Image Number: 
JRL1002132dc
Reference Number: 
Incunable 17280
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Image Title: 
Prologo sopra el purgatorio
Parent Work Title: 
Comento di Christophoro Landino fiorentino sopra la comedia di Danthe Alighieri poeta fiorentino..
Alternative 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: 
Laurentii, Nicolaus active 1475-1486
Creator Role: 
Printer
Display Creator: 
Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321
Date Created: 
1481-08-30
Publication Details: 
Florence: Nicolaus Laurentii Alamanus
Page/Sheet: 
166r
Image Sequence Number: 
166r
Description: 
Dante Alighieri 'La Commedia' (Commentator: Christophorus Landinus). Contains: Marsilius Ficinus: Ad Dantem gratulatio [Latin & Italian]. ISTC No.: id00029000. Folio. 20 copper engravings are known, from designs by Botticelli, to accompany the first 19 Cantos of the Inferno. Prologue to Purgatory by Cristoforo Landino. Illuminated initial 'D'.
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: 
Printed
Sub-Category: 
Incunabula
Technique Used: 
Illumination (image-making process)
Support: 
Paper
Item Height: 
434 mm
Item Width: 
300 mm
Provenance: 
George John Spencer Spencer Earl, 1758-1834, former owner
Rights Holder - Image: 
The University of Manchester Library
Rights Holder - Work: 
The University of Manchester Library
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Creative Commons License
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