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Dante, Divina Commedia

  • Original object type: Artefact
  • Title: Dante, Divina Commedia
  • 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
  • Depositing User: - libemu
  • Date Deposited: 23 Jul 2013 08:34
  • Last Modified: 23 Jul 2013 08:34