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Dante, Jacopo della Lana — 15th century, beginning (c. 1422); Italian, Veniceor area

MS. Canon. Ital. 115

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Title

Dante, Jacopo della Lana — 15th century, beginning (c. 1422); Italian, Veniceor area

Shelfmark

MS. Canon. Ital. 115

Place of origin

Italian, Veniceor area

Date

15th century, beginning (c. 1422)

Language

Italian

Contents

Dante Inferno
Capitolo by Menghino Mezzani (fols. 1r-4v)
Capitolo by Jacopo Alighieri (fols. 5r-6r)
Raccoglimento by Boccaccio (fols. 6v.10v)
Jacopo della Lana Commentary on Dante, Inferno

Form

codex

Support

paper

Hands

Written by Marino Sanudo of Venice. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 441, pl. XLIII). Companion volume to MS. Canon. Ital. 116 (Paradiso), signed by the same scribe and dated 1422 at Montagnana near Padua (Watson, Dated & Datable, no. 233).

Decoration

Miniatures (drawings) copying an earlier model. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 441, pl. XLIII)

Acquisition

Purchased by the Bodleian in 1817

Provenance

Francico Sanuto, fol. ii, s. xvi/xvii.

Matteo Luigi Canonici, 1727–1805

Giuseppe Canonici , -1807

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Title

Dante, Inferno (with commentary)

Shelfmark

MS. Canon. Ital. 115

Date

15th century, beginning (c. 1422)

Language

Italian

Physical extent

1 volume

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Collection contents

Canonici Manuscripts

Canonici Italian

Dante, Inferno (with commentary)

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  • Canonici, Matteo Luigi, 1727-1805

  • Lana, Jacopo della, active 14th century

  • Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375

  • Sanuto, Francico, 16th or 17th century

  • Alighieri, Jacopo, active 14th century

  • Sanudo, Marino, of Venice, fl. 1422

  • Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321

  • Mezzani, Menghino –1376

  • Canonici, Giuseppe (d. 1807)

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