{"id":5724,"date":"2020-10-30T10:38:34","date_gmt":"2020-10-30T09:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/?p=5724"},"modified":"2020-12-02T12:26:23","modified_gmt":"2020-12-02T11:26:23","slug":"a-journey-through-the-underworld-in-forty-nine-illuminations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/a-journey-through-the-underworld-in-forty-nine-illuminations\/","title":{"rendered":"A Journey Through the Underworld in Forty-nine Illuminations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Thanks to a 2019 limited edition by Imago publisher, 300 full-size facsimile copies of this jem<\/a> are now available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Only a few decades after Dante\u2019s death, the Divine Comedy had already become a publishing success<\/strong>, with dozens of skillful artists depicting his work in richly decorated manuscripts.
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If you were to visit the Laurentian Library<\/a><\/strong>, one of the most ancient in Florence, you would have the chance to admire Strozzi 152<\/strong>, presumably one of the first manuscripts of the Comedy to be illustrated canto<\/em> by canto<\/em>.
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The forty-nine lavish illuminations <\/strong>adorning the bottom of the folios were crafted between 1335 and 1345 by various Florentine artists under the guidance of Pacino di Buonaguida<\/strong>, an outstanding painter whose style was influenced by none other than Giotto<\/strong>.
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Pacino was active in Florence from 1302 to 1347, and recent studies have confirmed that in his workshop many manuscripts of the Divine Comedy were produced between 1330 and 1350.
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The manuscript includes commentaries by prominent contemporary intellectuals such as Jacopo della Lana and Jacopo Alighieri, as well as a poem attributed to Boccaccio.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Tracing the ownership history of Strozzi 152 is not an easy task \u2014 in 1846 bibliographer Colomb de Batines stated that in its earliest days the manuscript included noble coats of arms<\/strong>, now partially rubbed off.
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Strozzi 152 contains a carmen<\/em> on Castel dell’Ovo attributed to Boccaccio<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Nonetheless, no doubts remain about the unparalleled success of Dante\u2019s work in the 14th century. Some of the most valuable features of Strozzi 152 are commentaries<\/strong> by prominent contemporary intellectuals such as Jacopo della Lana<\/strong>, Bosone da Gubbio <\/strong>and Dante\u2019s son Jacopo Alighieri<\/strong>. F. 92v. even contains a poem (a carmen<\/em> on Castel dell\u2019Ovo) attributed to Boccaccio<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to historians, the artwork in Strozzi 152 bears significant similarities with medieval chivalric literature<\/strong>. The technique of continuous narrative<\/strong> allows readers to follow Dante\u2019s journey through the underworld \u2014 illustrations are thus not merely decorative, but rather essential for conveying content.
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