Detail View: Dante Collection: 1.17.1-1.17.15; Comm. Inf. 16-17

Image Number: 
JRL1002002dc
Reference Number: 
17280
Link to Catalogue: 
Image Title: 
1.17.1-1.17.15; Comm. Inf. 16-17
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: 
Botticelli, Sandro, 1444 or 5-1510
Creator Role: 
Artist
Creator: 
Baldini, Baccio
Creator Role: 
Engraver
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: 
101r
Image Sequence Number: 
101r
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. The top half of the page contains Commentator by Cristoforo Landino on Inf. 16. The bottom half of the page contains Inf. 17.1 - Inf. 17.15. Commentator by Cristoforo Landino on Inf. 17. The text of the poem is found on the left hand column of the page. The canto number is found in the top margin of the page. Copper engraving inserted between end of Inf. 16 and beginning of Inf. 17. Initials in blue and red ink.
Language: 
Italian
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
Sub-Category: 
Illustrated works
Technique Used: 
Engraving (printing 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
Access Rights: 
Creative Commons License