Dante, Alighieri (1265-1321)
The "Codex Guarneri" was written on paper fewer than twenty years after the death of Dante. The poetic form used in the textual layout, the tercet or "terza rima", which was introduced by Dante, is enhanced by the graphic design: the first letter in the first line of each three-line stanza is highlighted in red ink. The manuscript contains Latin glosses.
Online Since: 03/25/2009
- Dante, Alighieri (Author) Found in: Standard description
The "Codex Ricasoli Firidolfi", written on paper at the end of the 14th century, provides important evidence of the dissemination of Dante Alighieri's Commedia. The initial of the opening verse of the Inferno shows the famous profile of the author, surrounded by flowers.
Online Since: 12/20/2007
- Dante, Alighieri (Author) | Kraus, Hans P. (Seller) Found in: Standard description
Copied in 1378 by Francesco di maestro Tura of Cesena, who included both a date and a signature at the end of the volume, the Codex Severoli opens each of the three sections of the Commedia with an historiated initial. A number of interlinear glosses explicate the verses of the Paradiso.
Online Since: 12/21/2009
- Alighieri, Jacopo (Author) | Benevenutus, Imolensis (Author) | Bosone, da Gubbio (Author) | Dante, Alighieri (Author) | Imperiali, Giuseppe Renato (Former possessor) | Jean Bourgogne, duc (Author) | Landau, Horace de (Former possessor) | Mezzani, Menghino da Ravenna (Author) | Scannabecchi, Bernardo (Author) Found in: Standard description
- Alighieri, Jacopo (Author) | Benevenutus, Imolensis (Author) | Bosone, da Gubbio (Author) | Dante, Alighieri (Author) | Imperiali, Giuseppe Renato (Former possessor) | Jean Bourgogne, duc (Author) | Landau, Horace de (Former possessor) | Mezzani, Menghino da Ravenna (Author) | Scannabecchi, Bernardo (Author) Found in: Additional description
This manuscript unites two different collections of Italian poetry: a collection of 380 poems by Petrarch and a collection of works by the preceding generation of poets, especially Dante. In this mysterious "libro de la mia Comare" (Book of my Godmother), the poems of Petrarch are recorded in an archaic script, augmented here and there with individual glosses which are not found elsewhere, apparently in an effort to introduce these texts to a female readership.
Online Since: 05/20/2009
- Cavalcanti, Guido (Author) | Cinus, de Pistorio (Author) | Dante, Alighieri (Author) | Guinizelli, Guido (Author) | Patetta, Federico (Former possessor) | Petrarca, Francesco (Author) | Rauch, Nicolas (Seller) Found in: Standard description