The Oratoriana Manuscript is a copy of the Divine Comedy, the long Christian moralizing poem by Dante Alighieri. It was made in southern Italy, probably with the involvement of a Florentine scribe. Initially conceived as a luxury codex, it is profusely decorated and boasts 146 miniatures illustrating the first two canticles (Inferno and Purgatorio). In the century and a half following its initial production, however, it served as a study copy. It received several layers of interlinear and marginal glosses and annotations, early witnesses to the interpretive challenges the Divine Comedy presents to its readers.
We have 2 facsimiles of the manuscript "Divine Comedy - Oratoriana Manuscript":
- Il Dante svelato dei Girolamini facsimile edition published by Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana - Treccani, 2021
- Il Codice Filippino della Commedia di Dante Alighieri facsimile edition published by Salerno Editrice, 2001
