![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Indeed, a young Galileo Galilei in 1588 presented two academic lectures on the precise dimensions of Hell according to Dante’s description of the underworld in the Comedy. In the early modern period the Comedy was read as a foundational text that embraced all areas of human knowledge. Those who made the trip returned with different impressions of the cosmos he depicted, illustrating the Comedy in ways that reveal as much about their cultural worlds as Dante’s ideas about the literary, scientific, and philosophical issues of his time. La divina commedia di Dante Alighieri Nobile Fiorentino ridotta a miglior lezione dagli Accademici della Crusca īrown University Library, Chambers Dante Collection Writing in vernacular Italian, medieval poet Dante Alighieri (1265–1321) invited readers to follow him on a journey through Hell, Purgatory and Paradise. ![]()
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