Reading Dante with Images: A Visual Lectura Dantis

by Matthew Collins

This volume contains an unprecedented meeting of two major traditions, each of which are forms of careful engagement with Dante's Commedia: the Lectura Dantis, and the illustrations of this work. The Lectura Dantis, initiated by Giovanni Boccaccio in the fourteenth century, consists of a canto by canto study of Dante's poem. The history of Commedia illustration has equally deep roots, as illuminated manuscripts of the text were being produced within...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 191255450X
• ISBN13: 9781912554508
• Release Date: December 2021
• Publisher: Harvey Miller
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 4.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 8.9" x 11.3"