Commentarium super Dantis comoediam | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Manuscript, Latin, approximately 1358

Genre:Manuscripts

Physical Description:134 paper leaves and 6 vellum leaves (1 and 2 columns, varying number of lines), bound : paper and vellum ; 300 x 210 mm

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:270704495

Notes:

Ms. commentary on Dante's Divina commedia; written in Italy, ca. 1358

Since Pietro Alighieri was still alive in 1359 (d.1362) it is thought that the 6 vellum folios might be in his hand. According to Rocca, p. 345-346, M.529 is supposed to be the existing copy of this commentary closest to the original. There are 8 verses in Latin on folio 43 that have nothing to do with the commentary, thought to be a cryptogram

Old foliation in Roman numerals is found on the upper corner rectos beginning with fol. 45 with the numeral LI; runs to LVIIII (fol. 53) and then jumps to LXI (fol. 54), seemingly indicating a missing page; foliation then switches to CXII (fol. 55) and runs to what looks like CXXIIII (fol. 67); it is then too worn to read, but perhaps continues through fol. 73, discontinued beginning fol. 74, but the last fol. of the manuscript (fol. 134) carries the numeral CLIII

Language Notes:Latin