The collection of translations of the Divine Comedy that previously belonged to Dante Poliglotta - 284 editions in 49 languages and 22 dialects - was donated to the “Casa di Dante” Museum in Florence and is now exhibited in one of the most beautiful rooms of the museum.
Rose E. Selfe, an English scholar in love with Dante and Florence, is the very first person who had the idea, in 1887, of publishing an abbreviated version of the Divine Comedy dedicated to children. We don’t know much about her. We know that in 1906 her English translation of Giovanni Villani’s Chronicles of Florence appeared in London [...]
“It was sunset. On earth, men and animals were preparing to rest, while I began my incredible journey ”. With these words Dante begins to tell his adventure to the children who will read Annamaria Piccione's book.
DANTE AND ARMENIA At the time of Dante modern Armenia was dominated by the Saljuq Turks, but there was an Armenian kingdom of Cilicia (also known as Little Armenia) created by Armenian refugees and located on the gulf of Alessandretta (Iskenderun) in modern Turkey. There is, however, no indication that Dante had any notion of Armenia and its people. Knowledge of the works of Dante was introduced into Armenian literature by the Mechitarist monks of the monastery of the same name, founded in 1715 [...]
DANTE AND ARMENIA At the time of Dante modern Armenia was dominated by the Saljuq Turks, but there was an Armenian kingdom of Cilicia (also known as Little Armenia) created by Armenian refugees and located on the gulf of Alessandretta (Iskenderun) in modern Turkey. There is, however, no indication that Dante had any notion of Armenia and its people. Knowledge of the works of Dante was introduced into Armenian literature by the Mechitarist monks of the monastery of the same name, founded in 1715 [...]
Dantepoliglotta presents the complete translation of the Divine Comedy in Arabic, published in Damascus in 2002
We present two new readings, respectively of Francesca da Rimini’s and Ulysses’ verses, in the Georgian translation of the Divine Comedy by Konstantin Gamsakhurdia
At the time of Dante modern Armenia was dominated by the Saljuq Turks, but there was an Armenian kingdom of Cilicia (also known as Little Armenia) created by Armenian refugees and located on the gulf of Alessandretta.
Ary (Arij) Scheffer, Dutch painter of the Romantic period, was born in Dordrecht in 1795 and died in Argenteuil in 1858 [...]
Fatti non foste a viver come bruti, ma per seguir virtute e conoscenza - Ye were not form’d to live the life of brutes, but virtue to pursue and knowledge high - Vi ne naskiĝis por vegeti brute, sed por akiri virton, mondan scion
