FEATURES – Codex on parchment, 367 x 256 mm, 396 pp.
ORIGIN – Italy.
CHRONOLOGY – 15th century: 1442-1450.
PATRONAGE AND OWNERS – The manuscript was commissioned by the King of Naples Alfonso V of Aragon, called the Magnanimous (1396-1458). Then it was preserved in the Monastery of San Miguel in Valencia from 1513. It was later purchased by Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) and finally donated to the British Library after his death.
GENRE – Literature.
CONTENTS – Full text of Dante Alighieri's poem.
LANGUAGE – Italian.
SCRIPT – Gothica textura rotunda.
DECORATION – Over 100 miniatures, 3 historiated initials.
ARTIST – Lorenzo di Pietro called il Vecchietta, Giovanni di Paolo.
STYLE – Renaissance.
Alighieri’s, Alighieri’s
d’Aragon, d’Aragon
d’Aragona, d’Aragona
