{"id":12854,"date":"2021-02-25T11:30:25","date_gmt":"2021-02-25T10:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/?p=12854"},"modified":"2021-03-05T13:09:38","modified_gmt":"2021-03-05T12:09:38","slug":"la-divina-commedia-the-new-manuscript-the-artist-as-scribe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/la-divina-commedia-the-new-manuscript-the-artist-as-scribe\/","title":{"rendered":"La Divina Commedia \u2013 The New Manuscript: The Artist as Scribe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/db705f0034d1d6dd0d51c963c\/images\/e30f16dc-96fb-4429-933a-7d0d4cdacc3a.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>350,000 Characters Later\u2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s no secret that contemporary artists wear many hats, and face many challenges. In the case of George Cochrane and his monumental project to create a new Divine Comedy manuscript,&nbsp;<strong>hand-writing all 350,000 characters, all three canticles, 14,233 verses of Dante\u2019s masterpiece<\/strong>, was no small feat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Interested in the whole story<\/strong> of how \u201cLa Divina Commedia \u2013 The New Manuscript\u201d came to be? <a href=\"#index\">Check the index of articles here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/db705f0034d1d6dd0d51c963c\/images\/61517b1b-4faf-4c5f-ad90-bc963fb5c311.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Inventing a New Font<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>But it wasn\u2019t just the amount of characters George had to copy by hand&nbsp;<strong>over 6 long years that was a challenge<\/strong>, it was also the challenge of creating a new font and writing every single character in it! This meant committing to constant refinement, daily revisions, and a high attention to detail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/db705f0034d1d6dd0d51c963c\/images\/3150efc9-b600-4057-88f7-42ab8d2db10b.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Cochrane, who comes from the tradition of comics, in fact approached the Comedy starting from the text, studying its language and even going back to the characteristic handwriting of the fourteenth-century illuminated manuscripts.<\/p><cite>Simone Casini, Professor and Researcher of Humanities, University of Perugia<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Just like a medieval monk<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=A-xLdoqooFU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">George has kept to a rigid schedule<\/a>, waking before dawn to scribe his manuscript pages.&nbsp;<strong>Each page took him about 1.5 hours to complete.<\/strong>&nbsp;He would write, every single day for months, as many lines as he could complete before going to work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once pencil marks were complete, each character was scribed over with Sennilier India Ink containing shellac. 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Alessio was intrigued by the opportunity to work on reproducing the variety and richness of a personal writing system. As an Italian,&nbsp;<strong>Alessio was also excited to play a role in such a challenging work&nbsp;<\/strong>that divulges a text so important to Italian culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/db705f0034d1d6dd0d51c963c\/images\/abef065e-68dd-4f65-82cd-7e00ec932492.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>From a designer point of view, it\u2019s almost impossible to reproduce one&#8217;s unique handwritten style and its variety in a typographical character. When we write by hand, each sign is unique; it\u2019s an ultimate gesture, and its digital reproduction in a typeface is only similar. Moreover, hand writing is influenced by many things: speediness, dimensions of the surface, tools, glyphs and ligatures\u2026<\/p><cite>Alessio D\u2019Ellena, Type Designer<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Approaching handwritten text can be quite a challenge, even for a Type Designer. Alessio&#8217;s first goal was to&nbsp;<strong>decipher George&#8217;s handwritten signs and to understand how each one differs from another.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He then samples an appropriate number of signs, and then calls them back in rotation so the final effect is as close as possible to the handwritten text.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/db705f0034d1d6dd0d51c963c\/images\/9201e195-339e-4d0f-9fad-b6d2f9099cbb.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">&#8220;The way Dante\u2019s work first appeared was in manuscripts, so handwriting is a part of the way that his poem had first appeared.\u201d&nbsp;George Cochrane<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>George sees Dante\u2019s work as inseparable from the handwritten letter, placing importance on the original form that its first readers would have experienced it in.&nbsp;<strong>This connection was so strong that George felt a need to commit to handwriting the entire poem.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For readers of George\u2019s Divine Comedy, once published, the goal is that it will transport them to the time of Dante, not just through the artistic expression inspired by hundreds of years of art, but also&nbsp;<strong>through the written word found on every page.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>An Original Synthesis,<br>Ancient &amp; Modern<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/db705f0034d1d6dd0d51c963c\/images\/bb48ea2c-14f6-493b-9bc3-9120383798ab.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Cochrane attempted an original synthesis, which was meant to be both ancient and modern, full of echoes of tradition and at the same time [very] highly personal. Thus, we can read Dante&#8217;s journey transcribed word by word, with philological attention, by a contemporary New York amanuensis. And above all we can &#8220;see&#8221; Dante&#8217;s &#8220;vision&#8221; through images of great efficacy, vigorous, and often amusing, which express our sensibility as people of the 21st century.<\/p><cite>Simone Casini, Professor and Researcher of Humanities, University of Perugia<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The chance to experience George\u2019s vision of a new Divine Comedy is close at hand.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But&nbsp;<strong>without modern day patrons like you, this work of a lifetime will remain unpublished.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay tuned as we prepare for the launch of our&nbsp;<strong>upcoming Kickstarter,<\/strong>&nbsp;so that you, too, can experience the Divine Comedy through Dante\u2019s eyes!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/db705f0034d1d6dd0d51c963c\/images\/38f02506-e2cd-412f-a7fb-6a748a3f770e.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"index\">Don&#8217;t Miss Out!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Interested in the whole story of how \u201cLa Divina Commedia \u2013 The New Manuscript\u201d came to be?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/la-divina-commedia-by-george-cochrane\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Divine Comedy Unveiled in New York: the towering and innovative work that Cochrane has created over the past seven years<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/george-meets-dante\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">George Meets Dante: The Love Story &amp; The Passion Project<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/la-divina-commedia-the-new-manuscript-a-monk-in-new-york\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A Monk in New York: A Journey Back in Time<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/la-divina-commedia-the-new-manuscript-on-the-shoulders-of-giants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">On The Shoulders of Giants: One Man + 700 Years of Art Inspired by Dante<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/la-divina-commedia-the-new-manuscript-the-comics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Commedia &amp; Comics: George Considers the Connections<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>5. 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