COLLECTION NAME:
Dante Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0920519dc
Reference Number:
Incunable 9383
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Life of Dante
Parent Work Title:
Qui comi[n]cia la vita e costumi dello excelle[n]te poeta vulgari Dante alighieri di firenze honore e gloria delidioma 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:
Berardi, Cristoforo
Creator Role:
Editor
Creator:
Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375
Creator Role:
Commentator
Creator:
Lana, Jacopo della, active 14th century
Creator Role:
Commentator
Creator:
Wendelin, of Speier, -1477?
Creator Role:
Printer
Display Creator:
Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321
Date Created:
1477
Publication Details:
Venice: Vindelinus de Spira
Page/Sheet:
13r
Image Sequence Number:
013r
Description:
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. Double column layout with the title of the Commentator in the upper margin.
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
Support:
Paper
Item Height:
346 mm
Item Width:
244 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
Access Rights:
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Copyright of The University of Manchester
Life of Dante
