Nuove tessere d'archivio per rileggere la biografia dantesca (il periodo ravennate e la prima circolazione del poema)

Amongst many recent developments in Dante studies, the last two decades have brought about important acquisitions in documentary research, a traditionally weak sector that often relies on very old bibliography. After the publication of the Codice Diplomatico Dantesco (De Robertis, Regnicoli, Milani, Zamponi 2016), there has been a wodespread effort in the description and analysis of extant documents. Reflecting upon two essays by Gabriella Albanese and Paolo Pontari, this article aims to pinpoint how meaningful sinergies between archive findings and the interpretation and contextualization of Dante’s works can be, in the light of a deeper understanding of the Poet’s biography.