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aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background is-layout-grid wp-container-core-group-is-layout-1a149459 wp-block-group-is-layout-grid\" style=\"background-color:#faf3e6\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/poetryofscience\/archeology-and-mathematics-dante-in-the-19th-century\/dxx_aeon7769_1s-yb-c11_02md\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-209\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1693\" height=\"2210\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/poetryofscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/2018\/06\/Dxx_AEON7769_1S-YB-C11_02md.jpg\" alt=\"La materia della divina commedia di Dante Alighieri dichiarata in VI tavole [The Divine Comedy Explained in Six Figures (Second Edition)]\" class=\"wp-image-209\" style=\"width:200px\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>1. <em>La materia della divina commedia di Dante Alighieri dichiarata in VI tavole<\/em> [The Divine Comedy Explained in Six Figures (Second Edition)]<\/strong><br>Michelangelo Caetani (1804\u20131882)<br>Rome, Italy: Libreria Spithover, 1872<br>Brown University Library, Chambers Dante Collection<br>First published in 1855<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/poetryofscience\/archeology-and-mathematics-dante-in-the-19th-century\/dxx_1s-yb-c11m\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-158\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"954\" height=\"1230\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/poetryofscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/2018\/06\/Dxx_1S-YB-C11m.jpg\" alt=\"La materia della divina commedia di Dante Alighieri dichiarata in VI tavole [The Divine Comedy Explained in Six Figures (Second Edition)]\" class=\"wp-image-158\" style=\"width:200px\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>2. <em>La materia della divina commedia di Dante Alighieri dichiarata in VI tavole<\/em> [The Divine Comedy Explained in Six Figures (Second Edition)]<\/strong><br>Michelangelo Caetani (1804\u20131882)<br>Rome, Italy: Libreria Spithover, 1872<br>Brown University Library, Chambers Dante Collection<br>First published in 1855<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/poetryofscience\/archeology-and-mathematics-dante-in-the-19th-century\/3-dxx_aeon7768_1s-v-sp1_01md\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-212\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2531\" height=\"3435\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/poetryofscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/2018\/06\/3-Dxx_AEON7768_1S-V-Sp1_01md.jpg\" alt=\"Sul sito, forma e grandezza dell\u2019Inferno, e sul sito e forma del purgatorio e del paradiso nella Divina Commedia [On the Site, Form and Size of the Inferno, and on the Site and Form of Purgatory and Paradise in the Divine Comedy]\" class=\"wp-image-212\" style=\"width:200px\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>3. <em>Sul sito, forma e grandezza dell\u2019Inferno, e sul sito e forma del purgatorio e del paradiso nella Divina Commedia<\/em> [On the Site, Form and Size of the Inferno, and on the Site and Form of Purgatory and Paradise in the Divine Comedy]<\/strong><br>Francesco Gregoretti (1790\u20131877)<br>Venice, Italy: Municipio di Venezia, 1865<br>Brown University Library, Chambers Dante Collection<br>Illustrations by Kirchmayer, an artist based in Venice and possibly related to Cherubino Kirchmayr, and C. Matscheg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/poetryofscience\/archeology-and-mathematics-dante-in-the-19th-century\/dxx_aeonxx_1s-v-splm\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-159\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1209\" height=\"1656\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/poetryofscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/2018\/06\/Dxx_AEONxx_1S-V-SPLm.jpg\" alt=\"Sul sito, forma e grandezza dell\u2019Inferno, e sul sito e forma del purgatorio e del paradiso nella Divina Commedia [On the Site, Form and Size of the Inferno, and on the Site and Form of Purgatory and Paradise in the Divine Comedy]\" class=\"wp-image-159\" style=\"width:200px\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>4. <em>Sul sito, forma e grandezza dell\u2019Inferno, e sul sito e forma del purgatorio e del paradiso nella Divina Commedia<\/em> [On the Site, Form and Size of the Inferno, and on the Site and Form of Purgatory and Paradise in the Divine Comedy]<\/strong><br>Francesco Gregoretti (1790\u20131877)<br>Venice, Italy: Municipio di Venezia, 1865<br>Brown University Library, Chambers Dante Collection<br>Illustrations by Kirchmayer, an artist based in Venice and possibly related to Cherubino Kirchmayr, and C. Matscheg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/poetryofscience\/archeology-and-mathematics-dante-in-the-19th-century\/5-dxx_aeon7768_1s-v-sp1_02md\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-213\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2511\" height=\"3424\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/poetryofscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/2018\/06\/5-Dxx_AEON7768_1S-V-Sp1_02md.jpg\" alt=\"Sul sito, forma e grandezza dell\u2019Inferno, e sul sito e forma del purgatorio e del paradiso nella Divina Commedia [On the Site, Form and Size of the Inferno, and on the Site and Form of Purgatory and Paradise in the Divine Comedy]\" class=\"wp-image-213\" style=\"width:200px\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>5. <em>Sul sito, forma e grandezza dell\u2019Inferno, e sul sito e forma del purgatorio e del paradiso nella Divina Commedia<\/em> [On the Site, Form and Size of the Inferno, and on the Site and Form of Purgatory and Paradise in the Divine Comedy]<\/strong><br>Francesco Gregoretti (1790\u20131877)<br>Venice, Italy: Municipio di Venezia, 1865<br>Brown University Library, Chambers Dante Collection<br>Illustrations by Kirchmayer, an artist based in Venice and possibly related to Cherubino Kirchmayr, and C. Matscheg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/poetryofscience\/archeology-and-mathematics-dante-in-the-19th-century\/d09_aeon3098_1s-yb-l22m\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-161\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"906\" height=\"1230\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/poetryofscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/2018\/06\/D09_AEON3098_1S-YB-L22m.jpg\" alt=\"De' spiritali tre regni cantati da Dante Alighieri nella divina commedia; analisi per tavole sinottiche [The Three Spiritual Realms Sung by Dante Alighieri in the Divine Comedy: Analysis in Three Synoptic Illustrations]\" class=\"wp-image-161\" style=\"width:200px\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>6. <em>De&#8217; spiritali tre regni cantati da Dante Alighieri nella divina commedia; analisi per tavole sinottiche<\/em> [The Three Spiritual Realms Sung by Dante Alighieri in the Divine Comedy: Analysis in Three Synoptic Illustrations]<\/strong><br>Fortunato Lanci<br>Rome, Italy: Fortunato Lanci, 1856<br>Brown University Library, Chambers Dante Collection<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/poetryofscience\/archeology-and-mathematics-dante-in-the-19th-century\/d38_aeon3796_1s-ye-c68m\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-162\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1118\" height=\"1620\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/poetryofscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/2018\/06\/D38_AEON3796_1S-YE-C68m.jpg\" alt=\"Il paradiso terrestre dantesco con 25 incisioni [The Earthly Paradise of Dante with 25 Engravings]\" class=\"wp-image-162\" style=\"width:200px\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>7. <em>Il paradiso terrestre dantesco con 25 incisioni<\/em> [The Earthly Paradise of Dante with 25 Engravings]<\/strong><br>Edoardo Coli (b. 1871)<br>Florence, Italy: G. Carnesecchi and Sons, 1897<br>Brown University Library, Chambers Dante Collection<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/poetryofscience\/archeology-and-mathematics-dante-in-the-19th-century\/cronografo-adjusted\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-207\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2127\" height=\"2127\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/poetryofscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/2018\/06\/Cronografo-adjusted.jpg\" alt=\"Cronografo Dantesco\" class=\"wp-image-207\" style=\"width:200px\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>8. <em>Cronografo Dantesco<\/em><\/strong><br>Filippo Arci<br>Turin, Italy: G. B. Paravia and Company, c. 1900<br>Brown University Library, Chambers Dante Collection<br>Paper on wood panel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/poetryofscience\/archeology-and-mathematics-dante-in-the-19th-century\/d36_aeon3795_1s-yb-b46m\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-160\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1399\" height=\"937\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/poetryofscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/2018\/06\/D36_AEON3795_1S-YB-B46m.jpg\" alt=\"La divina commedia esposta in tre quadri [The Divine Comedy Displayed in Three Pictures]\" class=\"wp-image-160\" style=\"width:200px\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>9. <em>La divina commedia esposta in tre quadri<\/em> [The Divine Comedy Displayed in Three Pictures]<\/strong><br>Vincenzo Russo (1770\u20131799)<br>Catania, Italy: Cav. Niccolo Giannotta, 1901<br>Brown University Library, Chambers Dante Collection<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>From 1600\u00ad\u20131800, interest in Dantean cartography waned. Maps of this period were mostly rehashed sixteenth-century illustrations. Fascination with the poem\u2019s geography returned in the mid-nineteenth century, as demonstrated by an outburst of fully-illustrated volumes, paintings and wood panels representing the <em>Comedy<\/em>\u2019s geography. Along with this proliferation of visual interpretations came a renewal of old debates among Dante scholars about the precise mathematics of the otherworld.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Similar to their sixteenth-century predecessors, nineteenth-century authors collaborated with publishers and artists to experiment with emerging technologies in the print medium including chromolithography <strong>(1, 2)<\/strong>. After it was first published in 1855, the central map of the earth served as the basis for many subsequent maps and debates in scholarly circles. Ten years later, professor Francesco Gregoretti commissioned an album of large plates of the <em>Comedy<\/em> <strong>(3, 4, 5)<\/strong> for the six-hundredth anniversary of Dante\u2019s birth. The <em>Purgatorio<\/em> illustrations, and in particular the close up view of the Garden of Eden, resemble archeological surveys or urban plans. The strata, plans and diagrams perhaps sought to add scientific veracity to the image in the way that the spatial modeling of Fortunato Lanci\u2019s \u201csynoptic\u201d illustrations seem to do as well <strong>(6)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This hyper-scientific approach to mapping the <em>Comedy<\/em> was emblematic of mid-nineteenth century Italian scholarship. One professor commented, \u201cThe desire to reconcile Dante\u2019s construction with the real laws of gravity is impossible: According to those laws Dante\u2019s Inferno could not exist.\u201d To add insult to injury, he republished one of the maps of his rivals, seen here, to point out its flaws and argue that such modern mapping \u201ccould not have possibly been imagined\u201d by Dante\u2019s earliest commentators <strong>(7)<\/strong>. These discussions may provide a context for the \u201cDante Chronograph\u201d <strong>(8)<\/strong>. By moving the position of the sun and moon, the viewer can pinpoint the hours and location of Dante\u2019s journey and its position in relation to the globe and the stars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many of the nineteenth-century maps were printed in scholastic editions of the poem <strong>(9)<\/strong>, indicating the primary purpose was pedagogical, much like editions of the poem that we read today. From our contemporary standpoint, we must reconstruct the incendiary nature of the debate that once surrounded them. Maps enable us to think about how these supposedly objective diagrams shape our interpretation of the <em>Comedy<\/em>\u2019s cosmography \u2014 and are perhaps not so neutral after all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Archeology and Mathematics: Dante in the 19th Century From 1600\u00ad\u20131800, interest in Dantean cartography waned. Maps of this period were mostly rehashed sixteenth-century illustrations. Fascination with the poem\u2019s geography returned in the mid-nineteenth century, as demonstrated by an outburst of fully-illustrated volumes, paintings and wood panels representing the Comedy\u2019s geography. 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