Divine Comedy in Budapest

Codex Italicus 1 Egyetemi Könyvtár Loránd-Eötvös-University (Budapest, Hungary)

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Alternative Titles: Dante Alighieri - Göttliche Komödie - Codex Budapest
Type: Manuscript on parchment
Size / Format: 82 folios / 33.0 × 25.0 cm
Origin: Venice (Italy)
Date: 14th Century
Epochs: Late Middle Ages Onwards
Style: Gothic
Genre: Literature / Poetry
Language: Italian
Script: Gothic Textualis Rotunda
Illustrations: 94 colorful miniatures; numerous initials and drawings
Content: Fol. 1r-78v: Dante's Divine Comedy
Fol. 79r-82v: extracts from Albertino da Brescia's Liber de Amore
Artist / School: Dante Alighieri (author)
Albertano da Brescia (author)

1 available facsimile edition(s) of „Divine Comedy in Budapest“

Dante Alighieri Commedia

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1 volume: This facsimile is not complete.

Limited Edition: 1200 copies
Binding: Comes with a sclipcase
Commentary: 1 volume by Gian Paolo Marchi and József Pál
Languages: Italian, Hungarian
More Information: Reproduction of the entire original document as detailed as possible (scope, format, colors). The binding does not correspond to the original or current document binding.

Featuring 37 masterful miniatures and unique commentaries: the oldest extant copy of the famous Commedia by Dante Alighieri

Unfinished, but of great historical importance: Dante's masterpiece as an example of the Trecento in illumination

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