5/7/2023 0 Comments The divina commediaWhen an illustrated version of Manetti's work first appeared c.1506, it included "the first printed maps of Dante's hell and, as such, the beginning of a venerable tradition." Cachey 2007, 453 Parker 87-89. Although illustrations of Manetti's analyses were not published in his lifetime, his work was known to his fellow Florentine Sandro Botticelli, and it provided the basis for his famous "Carte de l'Enfer" (c.1485). "During the fifteenth century, the Florentine architect and mathematician Antonio Manetti decided that one could gather the information presented in and extrapolate from it to map out precisely the size, shape and location of Dante's Hell." Padron 2007, 261. The tantalizing details in Dante's Divine Comedy led a number of medieval scholars and artists to seek geographic and cosmographic knowledge from the work. Persuasive Maps: PJ Mode Collection Creator:ΔΆ4.5 x 17.5 on sheet 32 x 23 (centimeters, height x width)
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