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active 14th century Jacopo Alighieri
A son of Dante who helped carry his father’s legacy into the next generation, he was also a writer in his own right. Active in the 14th century, he is best known for an early commentary on the Divine Comedy and for preserving important details about Dante’s life and work.
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Chiose alla cantica dell'Inferno di Dante Alighieri
by active 14th century Jacopo Alighieri
About the author
Born in Florence in the late 13th century, Jacopo Alighieri was one of Dante Alighieri’s sons. After Dante’s exile, the family’s story remained closely tied to his father’s reputation, and Jacopo became one of the earliest people to explain and defend Dante’s poetry for new readers.
He is best known for the Dottrinale, an early commentary on the Divine Comedy, written in the 1320s. Scholars also connect him with efforts to preserve Dante’s memory after his death, including the tradition that Dante’s final cantos were recovered with help from his sons.
Jacopo’s own life is less fully documented than his father’s, but he remains an important figure in the first generation of Dante reception: part witness, part interpreter, and part guardian of one of literature’s great works.