Divine Comedy - Landiano Manuscript

The magnum opus by Dante Alighieri (ca. 1265–1321) is a cornerstone of Italian illumination
The Latin colophon indicates that the manuscript was completed by Antonio da Fermo in 1336
This makes the manuscript the oldest surviving, precisely dated copy of the Divine Comedy

Divine Comedy - Landiano Manuscript

Cod. Land. 190 Biblioteca Comunale Passerini-Landi (Piacenza, Italy)

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Divine Comedy - Landiano Manuscript

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Codicology

Alternative Titles: Il Codice Landiano della Divina Commedia
Divine Comedy Codice Landiano 190
Dante Alighieri - Göttliche Komödie Codex Landiano 190
Codice Beccario
Type: Manuscript on parchment
Size / Format: 220 pages / 35.2 × 25.0 cm
Origin: Italy
Date: 1336
Epochs: Late Middle Ages Onwards
Style: Gothic
Genre: Literature / Poetry
Language: Italian
Script: Gothic Cursiva
Illustrations: Numerous lombards
Content: Miscellany of literary texts: Divine Comedy by Dante, four sonnets by Guittone d'Arezzo, Canzone by Dante, Capitoli by Jacopo Alighieri and Bosone da Gubbio
Patron: Beccario de' Beccaria
Artist / School: Dante Alighieri (1265–1321) (author)
Antonio da Fermo (scribe)
Previous Owners: Orazio Pincolini Carissimi; Artaserse Baiardi; Fiorenzo Zappieri; Ferdinando Landi

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Facsimile Editions

#1 Il Codice Landiano della Divina Commedia

Leo S. Olschki – Florence, 1921

Publisher: Leo S. Olschki – Florence, 1921

Limited Edition: 175 copies

Commentary: 1 volume by Augusto Balsamo and Giulio Bertoni
Language: Italian

1 volume: Exact reproduction of the original document (extent, color and size) Reproduction of the entire original document as detailed as possible (scope, format, colors). The binding may not correspond to the original or current document binding.

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