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exhibi ti on of th e works of D ante A lighieri of whi ch
T a d escriptive ca ta logu e w ill be fo u n d on pages I 44
has bee n arra n ged p ri maril y in c o nn ec ti on w it h the vi sit t o
the library of t h e members of t h e M anchest er D ant e S oc i ety
man y of who m may be still u naw are of t he wea lt h of mat eri al
whi c h is avail able to t hem here for th e st ud y of t he p oet in
whose ho no u r t h e soc ie ty w as fo u n d ed
The p u rp o se for wh ic h exhibi ti o ns of thi s c h arac t er are
u n d ert aken fro m ti me t o ti me is to rev ea l t o stud en t s and
to th e p u blic gen erall y so me thi ng of th e ric h es of the col
Iec ti o ns whi c h h av e ma de the li brary famo u s in th e world
of lett ers a nd which at t he sa me ti me h ave h elp ed t o mak e
M anc h e ster a centre Of a ttra c ti o n to sc hol ars from all p arts of
the world
It is ho p ed therefo re t h at the p resen t exhi bi ti o n may be of
servi c e no t merel y to tho se in who se i n terest i t w a s o ste n si b l y
arran ged b u t a lso to a mu c h w id er c i rc le of stud en t s of li tera
ture i n general T o th a t end i t w ill remain on Vie w u ntil the
mo n t h of Oc t o ber
It is imp o ssible wi t hi n the limi t s of a short prefa t ory n o t e
to c onv e y any t h ing li ke an a d eq u at e id ea of the ran ge of the
c o ll ec ti o n fro m wh i c h th e exh i b it s are se l ec t ed
b u t i t seems
d esirable t o in dica te in a few word s so me th ing of its sc o p e
and c h arac ter
The library c o n t ai ns five man u sc ri p ts and nearl y
T he
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Library whi c h w as p urc h ased b y M rs R y l an d s in l 892
fro m E arl S pencer These h av e been a dd ed to from time to
ti me b y the p u rc h ase of o t h er gro u p s of c op i es toge ther w i th
a c o n sid erab le c o ll ec ti o n of the mod ern li tera t u re of t he su bj ec t
One of t h e most rec en t p u rch ases w a s the d a t ed ma n u scri p t of
t he Divi na Commedia whi ch is shown in the first ca se
Of t he five man u scri p ts th e three most imp ortan t are ex
The first is a cop y of the C anz oni wri tten in th e
hibited
l a tter p art of th e fo urteen th c en tury for Lo renzo d egli S tro zzi
It is orn ame n t ed wit h l arge initi al let t ers an d ill umina ted bord ers
D an t e an d of hi s in amora t a T he
c o n ta in i n g p o rtrait s o f
Di vina Comm edi a c o n tain ing a
sec o n d is a c o p y of th e
La n di
n u mber of v ari an t s fro m th e c o mmo n text ma d e b y B
de Lan dis of P rato of who m n o t hing is kn ow n The t hird
is a si xt een t h cent u ry c o p y o f the
Divin a Co mmed i a
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w i th the C red o
a nd oth er p oem s at t he en d whi c h a t o n e
ti me w as in th e po ssessi o n of C avali ere S Kirku p
Of th e p rint e d ed i ti o ns th e three e arli est fo li os of th e
Divi na Co mmedi a are exhi bit ed p rin ted in th e same year
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between th e y e ars I4 7 3 an d I 47 5 Of thi s edi ti on n ot mo re
t h an three or fo u r c op i es are know n t o h av e su rvi ved t hree of
whic h are al rea d y l oc k ed u p in na ti o nal or p u bli c librari es
With t his excep ti on the en tire range of the earl y and principal
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Di v in a Co mmed ia
whic h has al so t he d i sti nc ti on of being th e on l y one p rin ted in
Fl o rence du ring t he fi ft ee nth c entu ry one of the two c o p i es
exhi bi ted is beli ev ed to be the onl y c o p y co nta in in g twen ty
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Th e e ntri es in the ca t al og u e are f ull y ann o t at ed so th a t
fu rt her reference to the interesting featu res and p ec uliari ti es o f
man y of t he editi o n s show n see ms t o be u n nec essary
Th e d escri p ti on s as prin ted are as far a s t h e y are giv en
caref ull y exa c t transcri p t s of the o p eni ng li n es c o l o p ho ns o r
tit le p a ges of t he resp ec ti ve v o l u mes
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i nten d ed to i n dica te the ac t u a l arra ngemen t of t he lin e s in the
origi nal s
P refixed to t he ca t al og u e will be fo u n d a h u rri ed l y pre
p ared diary o f th e princi p a l ev en t s c o nn ec ted w it h the li fe an d
wri tings of D an t e whilst in an a pp e n dix will be fo u n d a list
of a sel ec ti on of works on th e stud y of D ant e whic h may be
c o n sult ed in t he Joh n R y l a n d s Li brary
It remai n s o n l y for me to say t h a t I am i n d eb ted to my
c o ll ea g ue s M r G u thrie V i n e
M r P eac o c k and M r N ut t all
for m u c h hel p in the arran ge ment of the exhi biti o n an d in
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EV E NT S CONNE CTE E
WR I T I NG S OF DA NT
OF THE P R I NCI P AL
WITH THE L I F E
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Bi rth of D an te
I 266 Bi rth of Be at ri c e
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1 2 7 4 D a nte s fi rst si ght o f Beatri c e
I28 3 Fi rst sa lut a tio n from Be a tri c e afte r whi c h D an te w rite s hi
fi rst sonn et
I 2 83 9 I W rite s the V ita n uova
I 2 90 Death of Bea tri c e
I 2 96 (n ot la te r th an ) M arri a ge to G emma D ona ti
I3 00 D ante e le c ted o ne of the pri ors of F loren c e
I 3 02 D an te exi led
l 3 07 09 Compo se s the Con vito
I 3 I 4 2 I W rite s the Divina Commedi a
I 3 2 l Dea th of D ante a t Ra ve nn a
I 3 2 I -3 3 J a c opo della Lan a write s hi s c ommentary o n the
Divin a Commedi a
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I3 63 Bo c ca c c io write s hi s life of D an te
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I3 7 4 Ben ven uto R amba ldi d l mola c ommen c e s hi s c omme nt a ry
o n the
Divi na Commedia in the form of le c tu re s a t
Ravenna
I 47 2 The fi rst p ri nted edi tion s of the
Divi na Commedi a i ssue d
a t F o li n o Je si an d M an tu a
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I 48 I The first i llu st rated edition of the
Divi n a Commedia
p ri nted at Floren c e with the c ommentary of Chri stofo ro
Lan dino c omp leted in the previou s ye ar
I 49O The fi rst printed edition of th e
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poems of P etrarc h w ritten b y the same han d a s the
I t w a s exe c uted either du ri ng
Canzoni of D an te
the lifetime of P et rarc h o r immediately a fter hi s
death
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bo rders c ont aini ng po rt rait s of the poet s an d their
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numbe r of v a ri an t s f rom the c ommo n text
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n o t yet b ee n studied b y any edito rs of D an te
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Boo k M a n u sc ript or M a p b e removed from t h e b u i ld in g
u se
t he L
is
a
,
,
2
.
b ra ry i s ope n to h ol d er s o f R e ad ers T i c k et s d a i l y a s
fol l ows : M o d a y s We d n e sd ys a d T h u r sd a y s from 1 0 a m
to 6 p m T u e sd a y s a n d Fr ida y s from 1 0 a m to 9 p m
S a t u rda y s from 1 0 a m t o 2 p m
Th e L ibra ry wil l be c l o se d o n S u nd a y s G oo d Fri d y Ch r i s t
m a s D a y N e w Y e a r s D a y B a k H o l i d a y s a n d t h e wh o l e
o f Wh i t wee k
.
T he
,
Li
’
,
n
.
a
,
n
,
.
,
.
,
-
3
.
n
,
.
a
,
’
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
,
,
,
.
Pers on s d e si ro u s o f be in g a d m i tt e d to rea d i n t h e L ibra ry
m u s t a ppl y i n wri t i n g to t h e L i b ra r ia n spe c i fy i n g t h e i r pro
f es s io n o r b u s i n e s s t h e i r p l ac e o f a bo d e a nd t h e pa rt i c u l a r
p u rpo se for wh i c h t hey s ee k a d m i s sion f
,
,
"
4
.
E very s u c h a ppl i c a t io n m u s t b e m a d e a t l ea s t two c l ea r d a y s
b e fo re a d m i s s i o n i s req u i re d wh i c h m u s t be a r t h e s ig n a t u re
wh o s e
a n d fu l l a dd re ss o f a per s o n o f re c og n i se d po s i t i o n
a d d re s s c a n be i d e n t i fi e d from t h e o r d i n a ry s o u r c e s o f re
fere n c e c ert i fyi n g from per s o n al k n owl ed ge o f t h e a ppl ic a n t
t h a t h e or s h e wi l l ma k e proper u se o f t h e L ib r a ry
,
,
,
.
5
.
h a ppl ic a t io n or re c omme d a t io n b e u n sa t i s fa c tory t h e
L i bra r ia n s h a l l wi t hh o l d d m i s io n n d s u b m i t t h e c a s e t o
t h e C o u c il o f G over or s for t h e i r d e c i s i on
If
n
su c
a
n
6
.
s
a
n
.
T h e Ti k et o f A d m i i o wh i h
v il b l e fo r twel ve
mo th
fer b le
t tr
d m t b e pro d e d wh e
c
n
ss
s
a re n o
s,
eq u i re d
F rm f A ppl i a ti
t h e Li b rari a
r
ans
n,
a
a re
c
an
,
a
a
a
n
uc
us
.
o
to
,
c
s o
n
on
f or
Re a d e r Ti k et m a y b
’
.
53
s
c
e
ha
d
on
a ppl i a ti
c
on
THE J OH N RYLA N D S LI B R ARY
7
.
.
perso n u n d er e ig h tee n ye a r s o f a ge i s a d m is si bl e exc ept
u n d e r a spe c i a l ord er from t h e Co u n c i l o f G ove rn o r s
No
,
.
8
.
o
mage t u rn d own t h e l e ave s
o a ny Book M a n u s c ript o r M a p
b e l o ngi n g to t he L ibr a ry ; n o r ma y t h ey l ay t h e pa per o n
wh ic h t h ey a re wri t i n g upo n a n y B ook M a n u sc r i pt o r M a p
R e a d e rs m a y no t wri te up
or m a k e a n y m a rk u p n
n,
da
,
,
,
,
,
,
9
.
Th e e
sc
1 0
.
ri pt
ra s
,
ure o f
or
m a rk or wri t i ng
s tri c t l y pro h i b i te d
a ny
M ap is
in
Boo k
a ny
.
,
M an u
.
tra c i ng s h a l l b e a l l owe d to b e m ad e wi t h o u t expre ss p er
m i s s io n o f t h e L i bra r i an
No
.
1 1
.
Boo k
t h e Ope n R e f ere n c e S hel ve s ma y be c o n s u l te d wi t h
o u t a n y fo rm a l i ty b u t a fter u se t h ey a re to b e l e ft o n t h e
t a b l e s i n s tea d o f b e i n g repla c e d o n t h e s h el ve s
in
s
,
.
1 2
.
b oo k s ma y b e o b t a i ne d b y pre se t in g to t h e A s si s ta n t
a t t h e c o u ter o n e o f t h e p ri n te d a pp l i c a t i o n sli p s prope rl y
fi ll e d u p
O t h er
n
n
.
1 3
.
b e fo re l e avi n g t h e L i b ra ry a re req u i re d to retu rn
t o t he A s sis t a n t a t t h e c o u n ter a l l B ook s M a n u sc r ipt s or
M a p s for w h i c h t h ey h a ve give n t i c k et s a n d m u s t re c l a i m
t h ei r t ic k et s R e a d er s a re h e ld re s po n si b l e for s u c h Boo k s
M a n u s c r i pt s or M a p s so l o g a s t h e t i c k et s rema i n u n
R ea d e rs
,
,
,
,
.
n
,
c a n cened
1 4
.
.
B ook o f gre t v
ra ri ty m a y b e c o n s u l te d o n l y
t h e pre se n c e o f t he L ibra ri a n or o n e o f h i s A s si st a n t s
s
alu
a
e
a nd
in
.
15
.
b e f o re e n teri ng t h e L i b ra ry m u s t d epo s i t a l l wra p s
a t t h e Porter s L o d ge i n t h e
c a n e s u m b re ll a s p a r c e l s et c
V e st i b u l e a n d re c e i ve a c h e c k for s a me
R e a d e rs
,
’
,
,
,
.
,
.
,
16
.
in
17
.
ta l k i ng a n d smo k i n g a re s tri c t l y pro h i b i te d
every pa rt o f t h e b u i ld i n g
C o n ver sa t i o n , l o u d
,
.
owed i n a ny o t h e r pa rt o f t h e b u i l d ing
t h e L i b ra ry wi t h o u t a spe c i a l perm i t
R e a d er s
a re n o t a ll
.
54
sa
ve
R U LE S
18
.
REG U LA TI ONS
A ND
.
ea d ers a n d vi si tor s to t he L ibra ry a e s tri c t l y forb id d e n
o ff er an y fee o r g ra t u i ty t o a n y a tte n d a n t or serva n t
R
r
to
.
19
.
o f t h e se R u le s wi ll re n d er t h e privi lege
a dm i s s i o n l ia b l e to for fe i t ure
A n y i n fr i n geme n t
of
.
20
.
T he pr ivi lege o f
di t io n s
ad
mi s s i o n
Th t
a
it
m ay
L i bra ri a n
(b )
po n t he fol l owi n g c o n
Th t i t
a
at
ti me be
a ny
su s
pe n d e d by t h e
.
ma y
at an y
o f G ove rn ors
.
u
:
(a )
21
i s g ran te d
t i me be wi t h d rawn b y t h e Co u n c i l
.
b o ut t h e servi c e o f t h e L i bra ry sh o u l d b e ma d e
to t h e L ib ra ria n i mme di a te l y a fter t he o c c rre c e o f t h e
a n d i f wr i tte
c a u se f o r c omp l a i n t
m s t be s ig ed wi t h
t he wri ter s n a me a n d a d d re ss
C ompl a i n t s
a
u
n
,
n
u
n
’
.
22
.
omm u n ica t io n s re spe c t i n g t he
b e a dd re s se d to t h e L ibraria n
A ll
c
u se
of
t he
L ibra ry
m u st
.
H ENRY
N B
.
G U PP Y
.
e a rn e st l y req ue st e d t h a t a n y R ea d e r o bs e rv i n g
i n o r d a m a ge t o a n y B oo k
M an u sc ri p t o r
a d e f e ct
M a p w i l l po i n t o u t t h e sa me t o t h e L i b ra ri an
-
.
l t is
,
,
.
I
A D M IS S ON OF
T H E G E N E R A L P U B L I C A N D V I S I TO R S
T h e ge e a l p ub l i c r a d m i t t e d
T ue s d y d F i d y ft e rn oo
.
v i ew t h e L i b ra ry o n
n s be t wee n t h e h o u rs o f
r
a
a
a
an
t w o a n d s i x a n d o n t h e s e c o n d W e d n e sd a y o f e a c h
mo n t h be t wee n t h e h ou rs o f s e ve n a n d n i n e i n t h e
eve n i n g V i s i to rs t o M a n c h e s t e r f rom a d i st a n c e a t
w i l l be a d
a n y ot h e r t i me w h e n t h e L i b ra ry i s ope n
m i t t ed f o r t h e s a me p u rpo s e u p o n a pp l i c a t i o n t o t h e
L i b ra ri a n
n
r
a
e
to
,
,
.
,
.
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