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Foligno and the Divine Comedy

April 8, 2018 @ 12:00 am - 2:00 am


A presentation by a delegation of the city of Foligno of a faithful replica of the first printed edition in 1472 of the Divina Commedia by Dante Alighieri.


On April 11th 1472, the city of Foligno (Umbria region) saw the first ever printed edition of Dante Alighieri’s Divina Commedia. The printing was carried out by the master printer Johann Numeister, a pupil of Gutenberg, with the collaboration of the Foligno minter Emiliano Orfini. Why exactly in Foligno? What kind of process, printing style and characters were used? What were the characteristics of the paper that guaranteed durability over the years? What were the illustrations like?


The talk examined the early establishment of printing in Umbria, exploring the reasons of its emergence in Foligno, leading to the production of the Editio Princeps of Dante’s masterpiece.


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Date:

April 8, 2018

Time:

12:00 am - 2:00 am

Event Category:

Past Events

Organiser

Dante Alighieri Society Sydney

Email:

enquiries@dantealighieri.com.au

Venue

Dante Alighieri School

level 3 suite 38

104 Bathurst Street, Sydney Australia



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The Dante Alighieri Society Sydney acknowledges and pays respect to past and present traditional custodians and elders of this nation, and to the continuation of cultural, spiritual and educational practices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Dante Alighieri Society Sydney

enquiries@dantealighieri.com.au

41 Carranya Rd

Riverview 2066 NSW

Australia

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