Dante's Divine Comedy: Composition, Manuscripts, and Early Reception (1308–1400)

1. Dante begins composing the Commedia in exile

   Jan 1, 1308Labels: Dante Alighieri, Commedia

   • Britannica
   • Philopedia

2. Paradiso is begun during Dante’s later years

   Jan 1, 1316Labels: Paradiso, Dante Alighieri

   • Britannica
   • DivinaCommedia IT

3. Inferno and early circulation begins

   Jan 1, 1317Labels: Inferno, Bologna notary

   • DivinaCommedia IT
   • Dante Gutenberg

4. Dante dies at Ravenna after finishing Paradiso

   Sep 14, 1321Labels: Ravenna, Dante Alighieri

   • DanteOnline
   • Britannica

5. Jacopo Alighieri writes an early commentary

   Jan 1, 1322Labels: Jacopo Alighieri, Commentary

   • DartmouthDP

6. Graziolo Bambaglioli composes a commentary on Inferno

   Jan 1, 1324Labels: Graziolo Bambaglioli, Inferno

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7. Jacopo della Lana’s commentary expands public understanding

   Jan 1, 1324Labels: Jacopo della, Commentary

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8. A major illuminated manuscript is produced in Florence

   Jan 1, 1330Labels: MS M, Pacino di

   • Morgan

9. L’Ottimo Commento begins a Florentine commentary tradition

   Jan 1, 1333Labels: L Ottimo, Florence

   • DartmouthDP
   • DanteLab

10. Manuscript copying consolidates a stable textual tradition

    Jan 1, 1337Labels: Manuscript tradition, MS 1080

    • Morgan

11. Pietro Alighieri composes an influential Latin commentary

    Jan 1, 1340Labels: Pietro Alighieri, Latin commentary

    • DartmouthDP
    • DanteLab

12. Boccaccio copies and editorially packages the Commedia

    Jan 1, 1360Labels: Giovanni Boccaccio, Manuscripts

    • DigitalMedievalist

13. Boccaccio begins Florence’s public lectures on Dante

    Oct 23, 1373Labels: Boccaccio, Public lecture

    • InternetCulturale
    • DartmouthDP

14. Benvenuto da Imola’s commentary continues the lecture tradition

    Jan 1, 1375Labels: Benvenuto da, Commentary

    • DartmouthDP
    • DanteLab

15. Late-14th-century manuscripts attest wide diffusion by 1400

    Jan 1, 1400Labels: Beinecke MS, Late manuscripts

    • Beinecke