You Dante in the Universe, in Space, across Time.

Exclusive world project, numbered limited edition,, 700 exemplars. 

This cultural Event will make history.
The entire Divine Comedy sent into Space.
Together with Dante, become a protagonist of this adventure!

The Divine Comedy

The new volume to get to know every aspect of Dante Alighieri’s Commedia. Each Canto is introduced by a commentary by two outstanding Italian Dante scholars, Professors Emilio Pasquini and Giuseppe Ledda. The authors tell the public, including non-academics, about the characters, places and atmospheres of the poem, with special attention paid to new interpretations of the Supreme Poet’s verses. The volume contains the complete corpus of Federico Zuccari’s drawings, 88 sheets produced between 1586 and 1588. The imposing illustrative structure of the Commedia is commented by Professor Giancarlo Benevolo and guarantees the definitive figurative reading of Dante’s poem, reverberating its majestic visionary nature.

“Number Zero of the Work will float in Open Space as a testimony to the Life and Culture on Planet Earth in its most elevated form. Un the back, as a symbol to their effort, the names of the sponsors of the project!”

Facsimile – 700 numbered and certified copies

The Project includes the Volume and Facsimile of the Divine Comedy floating through the Universe as an eternal testimony of the Human Being.
The Facsimile bears the signatures of the cosmonauts and is delivered together with the Human Space Services certificate of authenticity and the photographic documentation of the mission.

Authors

Emilio Pasquini Italian philologist and academic. He was Professor Emeritus at the Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna, where he taught for a long time Italian Literature. He was President of the Commission for language texts and of the Dante Society of Italy, and honorary member of the Dante Society of America. He also collaborated on the Enciclopedia dantesca. He was author of many volumes on Dante and co-author of the commentary on the Comedy (Garzanti).
Giuseppe Ledda Professor at the University of Bologna where he teaches Italian Literature. His main research field is the studies on Dante and medieval studies. He is the author of several essays and books on Dante. He is co-director of the magazine «L’Alighieri» and member of the Steering Committee of the magazine «Studi Danteschi». He is a member of the Scientific Council of the Dante Society of Italy and of the scientific committees of national and international research centres.
Giancarlo Benevolo He is Conservator of the Textile and Tapestry Museum “Vittorio Zironi” and Responsible for the Historical Archive of the Museum of Ancient Art of Bologna. He carries out research on the Middle Ages and Renaissance with a special attention to Italian history and art. He collaborated on some exhibitions including “Giotto and arts” in Bologna (2005). He is the author of many essays and books dedicated to the history of society and culture between the Middle Ages and Renaissance.