{"id":63,"date":"2011-09-15T20:18:17","date_gmt":"2011-09-15T20:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ccspecialcollections.wordpress.com\/?p=63"},"modified":"2026-02-11T23:15:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T23:15:15","slug":"a-1536-dante-to-go-with-our-1491-dante","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/2011\/09\/15\/a-1536-dante-to-go-with-our-1491-dante\/","title":{"rendered":"A 1536 Dante to go with our 1491 Dante"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2011\/09\/1491-dante-lucifer1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65\" title=\"1491 Dante Lucifer\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2011\/09\/1491-dante-lucifer1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"228\" height=\"238\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2011\/09\/1536-dante-lucifer.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-66\" title=\"1536 Dante Lucifer\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2011\/09\/1536-dante-lucifer.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"230\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In August of 2011, we purchased a 1536 edition of Dante&#8217;s <em>Divine Comedy<\/em> for use alongside our 1491 edition, a donation from Jane Carruthers Hale in memory of her father John A. Carruthers. A great many versions of the <em>Comedy<\/em> were published in the early years of printing, perhaps as many as 40 editions between 1472 and 1550. Both of our editions have woodcut illustrations: at right you can see two renderings of Lucifer devouring Brutus, Cassius, and Judas Iscariot.<\/p>\n<p>The image on the left is from the verso of leaf 142 of the <a href=\"http:\/\/tiger.coloradocollege.edu\/record=b1012923%7ES5\">1491 edition<\/a>; the image on the right is from the verso of leaf 189 of the <a href=\"http:\/\/tiger.coloradocollege.edu\/record=b2060184%7ES5\">1536 edition<\/a>. Yes, the 1536 edition has some discolorations. How do you think we could afford it? We don&#8217;t mind.<\/p>\n<p>Addendum, July 18, 2016: the Pokemon craze has come to Colorado College, and we&#8217;re happy (and a bit alarmed) to report that a creature known as Rattatta has been enjoying (and possibly nibbling on) our 1491 edition of Dante:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2011\/09\/dantepokemon.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-663\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-663\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2011\/09\/dantepokemon-169x300.png\" alt=\"dantepokemon\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2011\/09\/dantepokemon-169x300.png 169w, https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2011\/09\/dantepokemon-768x1365.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2011\/09\/dantepokemon-576x1024.png 576w, https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2011\/09\/dantepokemon-624x1109.png 624w, https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2011\/09\/dantepokemon.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In August of 2011, we purchased a 1536 edition of Dante&#8217;s Divine Comedy for use alongside our 1491 edition, a donation from Jane Carruthers Hale in memory of her father John A. 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