The Divine Comedy

:This article is about the epic poem; see also derivative works below.

Original copies

Only two known copies of the original manuscript still remain. One is in Milan, and the other is owned by the Asiatic Society of Bombay. In 1930, Mussolini offered the society one million pounds sterling for the book, but was flatly refused.

Related Topics:
Milan - Asiatic Society of Bombay - 1930 - Mussolini - Pounds sterling

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According to the Società Dantesca Italiana, no original manuscript written by Dante survived; there are many manuscript copies from the 14th and 15th centuries (more than 800 are listed on their site http://www.danteonline.it/english/codici_frames/elencocodici.asp).

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