Divine Comedy “Gradenighiana”
Only one copy of the manuscript available
Original price was: 2.500,00 €.1.000,00 €Current price is: 1.000,00 €.
- Description
Description
Why this work?
- Witness of excellence of the fourteenth century: parchment, commentary by Iacopo della Lana, high-quality miniature.
- Miniatures by masters: attributions to Gradenigo, Master of the Brussels Initials, Cristoforo Cortese.
- Museum quality: fine art print, hand-applied gold leaf, treated parchment paper, full-grain leather binding.
The story in brief
Conceived by the Venetian man of letters Iacopo Gradenigo (“il Belletto”), it passed between the Sanudo house (1422), the Carlo Malatesta Library, and then the Gambalunga Library (1793, Garampi collection). Original expense note on the back cover.
Technical details
- Location: Rimini, Gambalunga Civic Library, ms. Sc-Ms. 1162 (D II 41)
- Closed size: 25.5 × 39.5 cm • Foliation: 120 cards
- Writing: fourteenth-century littera textualis
- Decoration: 24 miniatures (1 by the Master of Brussels, 23 by Cristoforo Cortese)
- Print: fine art with hand-applied gold leaf • Binding: full grain leather, hand-stitched
VIP Delivery and Collection in Rimini
Pickup in Rimini with a tour of the workshop and Romagna hospitality (lunch or dinner). VIP delivery with a private presentation and payment by POS or cash (within legal limits). A museum in your home, just for you.
Payments and shipping
- Price: €1,000 — payable in 3 installments with Klarna
- Insured shipping: double box, tracking, scheduled delivery
- Hand collection in Rimini available • Methods: Card, Bank Transfer, POS, Cash (legal limits), Klarna 3 installments
Learn more about the history of Gradenighi’s Divine Comedy
Gradenighi’s Divine Comedy is much more than a precious Dante manuscript: it is a work suspended between text, illumination, and imagination, today preserved at the Gambalunga Civic Library in Rimini.
In our in-depth study, you’ll discover its history, its connection to Iacopo Gradenigo, the meaning of the spaces left waiting for the illuminations, and the journey that has brought this extraordinary codex to the present day.
