Dante, Divina Commedia

• Original object type: Artefact

Description

Place of publication: Venice, Italy

Typology: Roman

Initials: Four woodcut initials within commentary; space has been left for a initial 'g' within the poem, although this has been left blank.

Illustrations: One woodcut; uncoloured. The image illustrates Canto XVI of Inferno, when Dante and Virgil travel to the seventh circle of Hell and meet those who have been violent towards God.

Layout: The poem is located on the left-hand side of the page, directly below the woodcut. An explanatory commentary occupies the right-hand column of text. The page is entitled 'CANTO .XVI. DELLA PRIMA CANTICA DI DANTHE'. Glosses are printed in the right-hand column.

Comment: None.

• Date range: 1493
• Date: 1493
• Collection: Incunabula
• Physical Identifier: Brotherton Collection Incunabula q SCH/46r