Cambridge, Trinity College (GB)
: VI.17.10
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 Id02141147
Holding InstitutionCambridge, Trinity College (GB)
ShelfmarkVI.17.10
NoteCreated by Camilla Marangoni and Cristina Dondi for the Polonsky project "Dante 1481"
Physical DescriptionTwo engravings for Cantos I and II (Category A of Hind's classification system).
Variant state of leaf i3r, without running title (from Nicolas Bell).
Copy Features - NoteThere are several inserted paper and parchment leaves with MS. notes at the front, inside the text-block, and at the end.
Support material (book)Paper
SourceA. M. Hind, "Early Italian Engraving. A critical catalogue with complete reproduction of all the prints described", Kraus Reprint, Nendeln 1970, p. 104
“Commento sopra la «Commedia»”, edited by Paolo Procaccioli, Salerno, Rome 2014, p. 129.
Provenance
1554 -
1571
PlaceFlorence (Geonames ID: 3176959)
Areae-it
Time period1554 - 1571
Provenance TypeInscription
Manuscript Notes
NoteExtensive annotations and insertions of parchment and paper leaves containing various historical material.
The marginal annotations reveal an interest for Florentine events, in particular on 13v the note: '...del nostro...', on E7v various keywords about Florence, a drawing on bb8v. On the front parchment endleaf the inscription: 'Lano 1554 | Di Francescho di Vetorio dellrosso | Florentino'.
Manuscript notesOn the verso of the paper front endleaf accounts dated 1602, the word 'veluto' = velvet can be red.
On the recto of the parchment front endleaf: 'Nota come ho pagato Francesco del mangiare e camera per tutti li 21 nouembre. | Nota come Francescho albergatore e stato pagato da me per tutti il mese de decembre | di cinque de gennaio li ho dato quattro lire l. 4 ...'
On the verso of the parchment front endleaf: 'Al nome di Deo e della santissima (?) | 1599 | Conti de Ranieri(?) chio guadanyno questo anno (?) di primo dottobre 99 ...'
A paper leaf inserted after [i]7v contains a chronicle on the Battle of Lepanto: 'La grande Rocta data larmata Cristianna a larmata Turchesca e infedeli all bocha del gcholfo de Lepanto et Patrase della Morea il di 7 dotobre 1571 in di de domenica...Malemet Bei gouernatore di Negroponte - preso | Asan Bei figliolo di Barbarosa - morto | Uno suo figliolo - morto...'
Below the colophon: 'Sonecto di Feo Belcari | Mi par veder larchangiol Rafaelo...' 14 lines of vernacular verse.
In the inserted rear endleaf: '1565 Adi 5 dicembre [Johanna of Austria] sorella di Massimiliano imperatore e moglie del principe di Firenze [Francesco de Medici] figliolo del Duca Cosimo de Medici ducha de Firenze e di Siena nominatta Giovana la quale entro chon grandissima pompa acompagnata...'
Ms. notes (frequency)Extensive
Location in BookThroughout
Extraction of keywordsYes
DrawingsYes
Personal NotesYes
Provenance
1645 -
1645
Areae-uk
Time period1645 - 1645
Provenance TypeInscription
Note'Edmund Dyos' in the lower part of the front parchment endleaf, where the ownership note of Del Rosso also appear.
Provenance
PlaceCambridge (Geonames ID: 2653941)
Areae-uk
Provenance TypeExlibris
Other Information
CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered incomplete
Last Edit2021-07-12 08:25:22