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              JRL1002132dc
             
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              Incunable 17280
             
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              Prologo sopra el purgatorio
             
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              Comento di Christophoro Landino fiorentino sopra la comedia di Danthe Alighieri poeta fiorentino..
             
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              La commedia
             
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              Divina commedia
             
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              Divine Comedy
             
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              Creator: 
             
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              Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321
             
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              Author
             
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              Landino, Cristoforo, 1424-1504
             
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              Commentator
             
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              Laurentii, Nicolaus active 1475-1486
             
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              Printer
             
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              Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321
             
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              Date Created: 
             
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              1481-08-30
             
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              Florence: Nicolaus Laurentii Alamanus
             
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              166r
             
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              166r
             
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              Dante Alighieri 'La Commedia' (Commentator: Christophorus Landinus). Contains: Marsilius Ficinus: Ad Dantem gratulatio [Latin & Italian]. ISTC No.: id00029000. Folio. 20 copper engravings are known, from designs by Botticelli, to accompany the first 19 Cantos of the Inferno. Prologue to Purgatory by Cristoforo Landino. Illuminated initial 'D'.
             
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              Language: 
             
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              ita
             
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              Divina commedia (Dante Alighieri)
             
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              Literature, Medieval
             
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              Epic poetry, Italian--Early works to 1800
             
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              Italian literature--15th century
             
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              Hell in literature
             
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              Christianity
             
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              Paradise in literature
             
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              Printed
             
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              Incunabula
             
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              Technique Used: 
             
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              Illumination (image-making process)
             
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              Paper
             
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              434 mm
             
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              300 mm
             
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              Provenance: 
             
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              George John Spencer Spencer Earl, 1758-1834, former owner
             
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              Rights Holder - Image: 
             
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              The University of Manchester Library
             
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              Rights Holder - Work: 
             
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              The University of Manchester Library
             
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