Wellesley College, P899

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS16391

Shelfmark:

P899

Title:

Commentary on the Inferno] /

Commentary on Dante

Author:

Benvenutus, de Imola, -1387 or 1388

Benvenuto Rambaldi da Imola WIKIDATA

Place:

Italy

Italy TGN

Date:

between 1400 and 1450

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

lat

Latin WIKIDATA

ita

Italian WIKIDATA

Material:

parchment

Parchment AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 leaf : parchment ; 302 x 227 (220 x 165) mm

Note:

Title supplied by cataloger.
Collation: Parchment. 1-210, 32. Folios 21 and 22 are conjoint. The condition of fol. 22 implies that it was the last folio of the manuscript, which means that this bifolium was the outermost of the final quire of the manuscript. Catchword preserved on folio 20v.
Layout: 2 columns, 42 lines. Bounding lines in plummet.
Script: Written in an Italian Gothic bookhand in brown ink.
Decoration: Spaces for initials (with guide letters) left empty.
Origin: A conflation of Benevenuto's commentary on the Inferno (ca. 1380) and the first and third redactions of Pietro di Dante's commentary (ca. 1340-41 and 1359-60 respectively), written in Italy in the early fifteenth century. Dismantled at a later date.

Keyword:

Manuscripts

Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)

Massachusetts--Wellesley

Wellesley College Library

Institutional Record:

https://libcat.wellesley.edu/Record/in00000626088

IIIF Manifest:

https://repository.wellesley.edu/node/36171/manifest

Holding Institution:

Wellesley College