Dante, Jacopo della Lana — 1448; Italian, Tuscany
MS. D'Orville 552
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Description
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Title
Dante, Jacopo della Lana — 1448; Italian, Tuscany
Shelfmark
MS. D'Orville 552
Date
1448
Language
Italian
Contents
Form
codex
Support
paper
Physical extent
310 leaves
Hands
One scribe, Michele di Piero.
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Title
The Divina Commedia of Dante, with an Italian commentary
Shelfmark
MS. D'Orville 552
Summary
the Inferno begins on fol. 1, the Purgatorio on fol. 72, the Paradiso on fol. 187.
At the end of the Purgatorio is 'Esplicit secunda canticha Dantis & sposiction ece[tera ?] Deo gracias Amen. Questa seconda canticha jscrisse jo Michele di Piero di Tomaso e Demia': at the beginning of the commentary on the Paradiso is 'I nome di Dio amen & della Vergine ... Maria & di tuttj e suoj benedettj santj anno Domini Mccccxlviij die primo Febraio qui comincia la disposiçone del .'.
The Commentary on the Inferno begins '... II nostro poeta diuide questo primo capitulo in quatro parte.' Dr. Edward Moore states that the comm.. on the Inferno is that commonly known as the 'false Boccaccio' (circa 1375): that the comm.. on the Purgatorio and Paradiso is a mixture of that of Della Lana and the Ottimo: and that the orthographical peculiarities point to a Tuscan scribe.
Date
written in 1448 by Michele di Piero, a Tuscan
Language
Italian
Physical facet
On paper
Physical extent
312 Leaves
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Collection contents
Manuscripts of Jacques Philippe D'Orville
The Divina Commedia of Dante, with an Italian commentary
