Italian Language & Literature: Primary Sources

Digital Dante at Columbia

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Digital Dante is the result of a collaboration between Columbia University's Department of Italian and two units of the Columbia Libraries: Humanities & History and Digital Scholarship (formerly CDRS). The site includes:

  • Italian text and English translations of the Divine Comedy, complete with original commentary by Professor Teodolinda Barolini;
  • A library of Dante's other works in their original language and, sometimes, in translation;
  • An innovative Intertextual Dante platform that enables users to trace intertextuality in Dante and Ovid's works;
  • Unique illustrations of Dante's work drawn from 15th- and 16th-century editions held in Columbia's Rare Book and Manuscript Library;
  • Digital projects, including original animations and recordings of sestina readings by Columbia students;
  • Secondary scholarship on Dante's life and works;

and much more!

Primary Source Databases at Columbia

Biblioteca Casanatense Roma Italia

Web Sources

Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana Firenze Italia