![]() Greg exhibits Virgil-esque bravery toward the Unknown, despite his unawareness of what lies ahead (as opposed to Virgil having a great deal of knowledge), leading his brother further into its depths, as Virgil did with Dante. Greg's place as Virgil, a bard-like companion for his brother, is clear. Wirt's appreciation for poetry and focus on his thoughts rather than action is nearly identical to Dante's quirks, in addition to their shared fondness of a girl. The dedication to Luigi Alamanni (1558–1603), a Dante scholar and collaborator with Stradanus, adds further support to this idea.The characterization in Over the Garden Wall often offers key parallels to those featured in Inferno. This print was likely produced as the frontispiece to a series of engravings of the Divine Comedy after drawings by Stradanus, which was never realized. Above, the portrait of Beatrice gazes beatifically on the schema of Paradiso, with tiny figures of herself and Dante at the center. Purgatory’s concentric terraces rise like a layer cake. Virgil and Statius are flanked by the seven circles of hell in the shape of an inverted cone, while Mt. Dante portrays Statius as a clandestine Christian convert, a fiction that allows him to use him as a guide in Purgatory, where Virgil is not admitted. They appear in the same circular frame because Statius was a devotee of Virgil. At the bottom appear portraits of Dante’s guides through Inferno and Purgatory Virgil and Statius (ca. This print after a drawing by Stradanus, a former court artist to the Medici ruling family of Florence, surrounds Dante’s portrait oval with a schematic summary of his journey. 1595–1603 Engraving Cornell University Library, Rare and Manuscript Collections (1 image) Perhaps because the book was for young readers, who would have been otherwise familiar with the mythological and monstrous figures encountered by Dante and Virgil, they are listed in bold next to their respective circles of Hell.Ĭornelis Galle Flemish, 1576–1650 after Johannes Stradanus Flemish, 1523–1605 Dante, Beatrice, Virgil, and Statius, ca. Like the Paganini editions shown above, Zacchetti’s textbook included a diagram of Hell. Later, he recycled observations like these manuals for schoolchildren, such as this one. He famously defended Dante against allegations of cannibalism in Canto 33 of Inferno, and that the famous line, “Hunger had more power than even sorrow over me” simply meant that that starvation killed Ugolino della Gherardesca (see John Dixon,Count Ugolino and His Children) after he had failed to die of grief. In the late 1890s, the poet and literary critic Corrado Zacchetti made a name for himself with his psychological and stylistic interpretations of the Divine Comedy. These two “jewel editions” each contain 1) a double-page diagram showing Jerusalem (spelled “IHERVSALEM” with the aspirate H expressing the breath of Life), Limbo, Hell, and the alleged center of the Earth (“ centro della Terra”), and 2) another woodcut diagram about the spatial organization of Purgatory.Ĭorrado Zacchetti Italian, 1871–1940 Diagram : The interior of Hell, in Manuale dantesco per le scuole…(Dante Textbook for Schools) Milan: Trevisini, 1918 Diagram: 4 1/8 x 6 1/2 inches (10.48 x 16.51 cm) Cornell University Library, Rare and Manuscript Collections (1 image) These editions were highly sought-after by 19th century book collectors such as the artist, dealer and great art collector Charles Fairfax Murray, a friend of William Morris and John Ruskin. The edition was so popular that it was reprinted in 1516, in an even smaller format (1/36 th!), both on vellum and on paper. It is dedicated to none other than Cardinal Giulio de' Medici, who reigned as Pope Clement VII from 1523 to 1534. The 1515 Dante is the smallest Commedia of the Renaissance. sharing the same characteristics and format: in this case, a very compact “twenty-fourmo” (1/24 th of a normal paper sheet). He is credited with the invention of the editorial series - that is, editions of Dante, Petrarch, Bembo, etc. Unidentified artist Italian, 16 th century Schematic Diagrams of the Circles of Hell, in Dante col sito, et forma dell' inferno, aka « Il Dantino » (the tiny Dante), : Alex Paganin, 15 editions Woodcut 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches (8.26 x 8.26 cm) Cornell University Library, Rare and Manuscript Collections (2 images)Īlessandro Paganini was an innovative papermaker, printer, and publisher, active both on the shores of Lake Garda and in Venice.
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