Dimensions Divine Comedy Illustrated by Botticelli



inferno x, dante (in red) , virgil (in blue) coloured.


each page of manuscript approximately 32 cm high 47 cm wide. since text of each canto written on single page , accompanying illustration on separate page, arranging 2 pages in horizontal format have been impractical approximately 94 centimetres (37 in) wide. entail readers turning heads left right while trying connect text columns on left illustration on right. vertical arrangement, stacking illustration page on top of text page, more efficient way of combining text-illustration pair; volume designed open vertically more probable scenario botticelli s manuscript. if manuscript s binding open vertically, dimensions approximately 47 centimetres (19 in) wide 64 centimetres (25 in) high, , incorporate both text , illustration on single page. have made reading text , looking @ drawing of each canto easier , more efficient.








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