Early printed editions of Dante's Divine Comedy on show at Milan's Castello Sforzesco

The exhibition '1472. L’arte tipografica incontra la Commedia' at Castello Sforzesco in Milan presents the earliest printed editions of Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy. Curated by Isabella Fiorentini and Loredana Minenna, the show is produced by the Archivio Storico Civico and the Biblioteca Trivulziana, which holds the entire 15th-century printed production of the Commedia, from the first edition issued in Foligno on April 11, 1472, to the Venetian edition of October 11, 1497. Also on display is the extremely rare incunabulum printed in Naples by Francesco del Tuppo in 1478, of which only three copies are known worldwide. Housed in the Sala del Tesoro, the exhibition explores manuscript and print traditions, focusing on layout choices and textual models. A scenography representing the beginning of the three canticles uses tables from two major illustrated editions of the 1400s. The exhibition runs until April 30, 2022.