Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France (FR)
: Rés. Yd. 17
ISTC No.id00029000
AuthorDante Alighieri
TitleLa Commedia (Comm: Christophorus Landinus). Add: Marsilius Ficinus: Ad Dantem gratulatio [Latin & Italian]
ImprintFlorence : Nicolaus Laurentii, Alamanus, 30 Aug. 1481
Formatf°
Languageita
SubjectLiterature
Keywordspoetry; commentary; collection
Periodmedieval
Description of Copy
Copy Id02140630
Holding InstitutionParis, Bibliothèque nationale de France (FR)
ShelfmarkRés. Yd. 17
NoteCreated by Camilla Marangoni for the Polonsky project "Dante 1481", with data provided by Nathalie Coilly (Bibliothèque nationale de France).
Physical DescriptionTwo engravings for Cantos I and II and a second impression of the second engraving, before Canto III (Category B of Hind's classification system).
Size of leaves422 × 282 mm
Copy Features - NoteFrom A. M. Hind, "Early Italian Engraving", p. 105: "Coloured blue, red, yellow and green. The second impression of No. 2 is yellowish in tone as if No. 3 had originally been pasted over it."
Integration of the missing leaf c1 with a smaller one, coming from another specimen. This second example of leaf c1 (with the verso, bearing the repetition of the engraving corresponding to Canto II) was mounted after the original f.c1. It was probably taken from the specimen "with three images” seized from the archiepiscopal library of Salzburg [cf. book binding of the Bibl. nat. held by Joseph Van Praet, A.M. CCCXXIV, p. 81], maybe identical to the specimen with "Very short margins", returned according to Van Praet in 1815 at the Royal Library in Munich, where this specimen is no longer found, cf. BSB-Ink D-9.
Support material (book)Paper
SourceE. G. Ledos, "Lettre inédite de Cristoforo Landino a Bernardo Bembo", in "Bibliothèque de l'école des Chartres", 1893, pp. 721-724.
A. M. Hind, "Early Italian Engraving. A critical catalogue with complete reproduction of all the prints described", Kraus Reprint, Nendeln 1970, p. 105.
C. Pulsoni, "Il Comento sopra la Comedia di Cristoforo Landino e Pietro Bembo", in "Miscellanea di studi linguistici offerti a Laura Vanelli da amici e allievi padovani", Forum, Udine 2007, pp. 419-426.
“Commento sopra la «Commedia»”, edited by Paolo Procaccioli, Salerno, Rome 2014, p. 137.
Provenance
1481 -
1519
PlaceVenezia (Geonames ID: 6542284)
Areae-it
Time period1481 - 1519
Provenance TypeCoat of Arms
Documentary Evidence
NoteOn the third flyleaf there is a letter by Cristoforo Landino dedicated to Bernardo Bembo, whom he praises for the restauration on Dante's grave in St. Francis (Ravenna), in 1481. According to Ledos, the letter states that by that time 1200 copies of this edition had already been printed. However, Tenneroni rejects this interpretation and claims that the sentece refers to the edition printed by Octavianus Scotus (23rd April 1484) or to the sum of the copies printed in the first two editions.
Bembo's motto ("Virtuti et honori") in a medallion drawn on the fourth flyleaf. Bembo's coat of arms on l. 15r.
E. G. Ledos, "Lettre inédite de Cristoforo Landino a Bernardo Bembo", in "Bibliothèque de l'école des Chartres", 1893, pp. 721-724.
A. Tenneroni, "Appunti danteschi", in "Giornale dantesco", II (1895), pp. 149-150.
Decoration NoteOn the fourth flyleaf there is drawing of the tomb of Dante in Ravenna, with the portrait of Dante writing. Above the portrait, there is a medallion with the motto "Virtuti et honori" (c. 1482-1483). Illuminated initial, marginal decoration and coat of arms of Bernardo Bembo on l. 15r. More illuminated initials on ll. 162r, 163r, 269r, 270r.
Engravings no. 1 and 2 are coloured.
Illustration coloured in by handYes
IlluminationsYes
Ornamental lettersYes
Coat of armsYes
Manuscript notesSeveral manuscript annotations (extraction of keywords, reading marks). Text omission on leaf e1r (Inf. VI, 55-57), q5r (Inf. XXVIII, 34-36), r3v (Inf. XXX, 126-129) and ee3r (Purg. XII, 52-54) supplied in manuscript.
Ms. notes (frequency)A few
Extraction of keywordsYes
CollationYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography
Provenance
1519 -
1547
PlaceVenezia (Geonames ID: 6542284)
Areae-it
Time period1519 - 1547
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
NoteSeveral manuscripts notes by Pietro Bembo, mainly regarding linguistic matters. He probably wrote them when he was quite young, before working on his "Prose della volgar lingua" (1525).
B. Marx, "Zwischen Generationskonflikt und Paradigma. Latein und Volgare im Hause Bembo", in "Latein und Nationalsprachen in der Renaissance", Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1998, pp. 31-61.
M. Danzi, "La biblioteca del cardinal Pietro Bembo", Dorz, Genève 2005, p. 322.
C. Pulsoni, "Il Comento sopra la Comedia di Cristoforo Landino e Pietro Bembo", in "Miscellanea di studi linguistici offerti a Laura Vanelli da amici e allievi padovani", Forum, Udine 2007, pp. 419-426.
Method of acquisitionBequest
Manuscript notesSeveral manuscript annotations. Text omissions on leaves c. ff7r (Purg. XVI, 127-129) and hh1r (Purg. XXI, 47-48) supplied in manuscript. Pointing hand on l. G7v.
Extraction of keywordsYes
CollationYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
Personal NotesYes
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography
Provenance
1801 -
Areae-fr
Time period1801 -
Provenance TypeStamp
NoteRetrospective stamp no. 35 (1857-1865).
Confiscated by Neveu in Salzburg, 1801 (BnF, Archives Ancien Régime 270, livres envoyés d’Allemagne + quote in Van Praet’s bookbinding register, 1807).
Method of acquisitionRequisition
Binding noteRed leather binding on boards, gilt tooled. Marbled pastedown paper.
Binding date19th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialLeather
Binding statusRebound
ToolingGold
SourceBook in hand
Other Information
CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered incomplete
Last Edit2021-06-24 16:05:30