Dante, Divina Commedia

• Original object type: Artefact

Description

Place of publication: Venice, Italy

Typology: Roman

Initials: Two woodcut initials: one in commentary, one within poem.

Illustrations: One woodcut; uncoloured. The image illustrates canto XXXIII of Paradiso. Dante meets St Bernard and the Virgin Mary.

Layout: The poem is set in the upper right-hand corner of the page and is entirely surrounded by commentary. The woodcut is in the upper left-hand side of the page, above the commentary. Glosses are printed within the left-hand margin.

Comment: None.

• Date range: 1497
• Date: 1497
• Collection: Incunabula
• Physical Identifier: Brotherton Collection Incunabula q SCH/50r