Divine Comedy - Landiano Manuscript

The magnum opus by Dante Alighieri (ca. 1265–1321) is a cornerstone of Italian literary history
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. Landi 190 Biblioteca Comunale Passerini-Landi (Piacenza, Italy)

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Divine Comedy - Landiano Manuscript

The Divine Comedy - Landiano Manuscript, now preserved in Piacenza, is the oldest surviving, precisely dated copy of Dante Alighieri's (c. 1265–1321) famous magnum opus. The Genoese scribe Antonio da Fermo not only immortalized himself with his name in the colophon of the codex, but also noted the year of its completion: 1336 – only 15 years after Dante's death and the finishing of his literary masterpiece. In 100 cantos (canti), Dante Alighieri takes us on a spiritual and philosophical journey through Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise that has gone down in literary history. The Codex Landiano 190 belongs to a group of early copies of the work, which are arranged as literary miscellanies and contain commentaries by Bosone da Gubbio and Jacopo Alighieri (1289–1348). It was commissioned by the learned jurist and influential politician Beccario de' Beccaria (died 1356) to expand his vast collection of manuscripts.

Codicology

Alternative Titles: Il Codice Landiano della Divina Commedia
Divine Comedy Codice Landiano 190
Divine Comedy Codex Landiano 190
Dante Alighieri - Göttliche Komödie Codex Landiano 190
Codice Beccario
Type: Manuscript on parchment
Size / Format: 212 pages / 35.2 × 25.0 cm
Origin: Italy
Date: 1336
Epochs: Late Middle Ages Onwards
Style: Gothic
Genre: Literature / Poetry
Language: Italian
Script: Gothic Cursive
Illustrations: Numerous lombards
Content: Miscellany of literary texts: four sonnets by Guittone d'Arezzo, the Canzone Le dolci rime d’amor, ch’i’ solìa by Dante, Divine Comedy 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

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