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8th ed. First to Laudisso's commentary ( the only one printed
until the mid 16th C.

Landino - the commentary is a model at Renaissance
criticism, concentrating more on language + poetry
than on textual analysis + incorporating theories of
Landino's colleagues, notably his mentor Leon Bruni
+ Marsilio Ficino. The greatest tribute to Landino's
work was its frequent appearance in later ed. of the
commentary - 6 new ed. were printed from 1484-97.
The greatest rival to Landino's commentary is that of
Alessandro Vellutello, a scholar from Lucca.
His ed of the commentary was 1st published in 1544.
Landino's other work before the commentary on
the Comedy includes Xandra (1443-59) a collection
of his own poetry, the Disputationes Camaldulenes
(1472) + commentaries on Virgil + Petrarch.
In 1300 Florence was at the height of its medieval
glory to some 70,000 inhabitants it was one of the largest
cities in Europe.
In the early Rnaissance linguistic bebate known as
the Questione della Lingua, Dante became the single
most important philological source for the Italian
language. Within a few centuries, however, grammar
+ dictionaries of the vernacular were compiled on this
basis of Dante's vocabulary as well as the other
trecento poets. Petrarch + Boccaccio.
Landino initiated the 1st publication of Fante in Florence
having on an upsurge in Florentine patristion just after the
defeat of thee Pazzi conspiracy in 1478. Familiar to Jacopo della
Lanca's commentary + to editions of the Commedia published in other
cities Lundins wanted to end the enduring estrangement between
Florence + Dante by publishing his own commentary in
the poet's home city.