Miroshnik, Alina D.; Pozhidaeva, Anna V. The Iconography of the Mythological Characters of Dante’s “Divine Comedy” in the Manuscripts of the 14th–15th Centuries: Possible Role and Origins

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Title The Iconography of the Mythological Characters of Dante’s “Divine Comedy” in the Manuscripts of the 14th–15th Centuries: Possible Role and Origins
Author email admiroshnik@edu.hse.ru
About author Miroshnik, Alina D. — bachelor, student. National Research University Higher School of Economics, Staraya Basmannaya ul., 21/4с1, 105066 Moscow, Russian Federation; admiroshnik@edu.hse.ru; ORCID: 0009-0004-9133-8177 Pozhidaeva, Anna V. — Ph. D., associate professor. National Research University Higher School of Economics, Staraya Basmannaya ul., 21/4с1, 105066 Moscow, Russian Federation; apozhidaeva@hse.ru; SPIN-code: 3683-0443; ORCID 0000-0002-0247-933X
In the section Western European Medieval Art DOI10.18688/aa2313-4-35
Year 2023 Volume 13 Pages 441–456
Type of article RAR Index UDK 7.033.5...4 Index BBK 85.14
Abstract

The history of illustration of the “Divine Comedy” by Dante in the 14th–15th centuries rarely attracts the attention of researchers. Nevertheless, a careful analysis of the manuscripts would make it possible to understand how the text was illustrated, full of means of artistic expression and citations from ancient sources, many of which were largely unknown to the authors of the iconographic program. This study is devoted to the visualization of selected mythological characters based on six manuscripts, four of which are fully illustrated (Egerton MS. 943, first half of the 15th century (c. 1320–1350), British Library, London; MS. M 676, 1345–1355, Morgan Library, New York; Yates Thompson MS. 36, 1444 – c. 1450, British Library, London; Urb. Lat. 365, c. 1480, Vatican Library, Vatican); and two partially (Cod. Ital. 1, c. 1333–1350, University Library, Budapest; Chantilly 0597, c. 1330–1340, Condé Museum, Chantilly).
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Reference Miroshnik, Alina D.; Pozhidaeva, Anna V. The Iconography of the Mythological Characters of Dante’s “Divine Comedy” in the Manuscripts of the 14th–15th Centuries: Possible Role and Origins. Actual Problems of Theory and History of Art: Collection of articles. Vol. 13. Eds A. V. Zakharova, S. V. Maltseva, E. Iu. Staniukovich-Denisova. — Lomonosov Moscow State University / St. Petersburg: NP-Print, 2023, pp. 441–456. ISSN 2312-2129. http://dx.doi.org/10.18688/aa2313-4-35
Publication Article language russian
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