Montegrappa Dante Alighieri Inferno Silver Fountain Pen

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Montegrappa Dante Alighieri Inferno Sterling Silver Fountain Pen - Limited Edition
Edition Size: 333

Recognition and rejection of sin is the central premise of ‘Inferno’ – the opening volume of Dante’s epic Divine Comedy. Meticulous lost-wax casting illustrates the supreme poet’s journey through the afterlife – detailing the misdeeds and punishments within each of hell’s nine descending chasms. 700 years after Dante’s death, seldom has his vision of virtue been more faithfully realized.

Montegrappa’s tribute spares little detail from Dante’s script, with the sins and punishments of hell’s nine circles recreated in intricate micro-sculpture. Sins of self- indulgence are represented on the cap by lust, gluttony, greed and wrath. The violent and malicious sins – violence, fraud and treachery – are reproduced on the barrel and blind cap. This extraordinary creation from Montegrappa features Lucifer himself on the base – chewing incessantly on Judas. The demon’s pointed tail seems to rise through the barrel and snake its way through the cap to form a pocket clip. Dante Alighieri: Inferno is presented in a custom case styled on an antique leather-bound edition of Inferno

Made in Italy, Dante Alighieri: Inferno is handcrafted from precious metals and a special ‘magma’ batch of Montegrappite artisanal resin. Heavenly writing performance meets high-precision micro-sculpting in a work that brings the supreme poet’s dark vision to life in your hand.

From blind cap to top disc, every intricate element of Dante Alighieri: Inferno recounts Dante’s voyage from the mysterious forest to the icy bowels of hell. Lucifer’s pointed tail protrudes from the cap to form a pocket-clip of demonic intent.

Lost-wax casting reconstructs Dante’s nine circles of hell with meticulous detail. Beneath Limbo and the river of Acheron, every miniature chasm examines sins of increasing severity: Lust, Gluttony, Greed, and Wrath on the cap; Heresy, Violence, Fraud and Treachery on the barrel.

Nibs available in EF, F, M, B, BB & 1.1 Stub

Specifications
Material: Sterling Silver 925, Montegrappite Artisanal Resin
Trim: Sterling Silver 925
Nib: 18k Gold
Filling system: Piston
Packaging: Special
Length: 149 mm
Diameter: 20.0 mm
Weight: 125.00 gr

Dante Alighieri: Inferno is the first edition from the Venetian maker’s new Divina Commedia writing series – a tribute to Italy’s most celebrated literary figure. 700 years after Dante’s death in 1321, his name rings eternal – even to the uninitiated. In Italy, he truly is immortal. By daring to write his most famous work in Florentine dialect, he paved the way for the use of a unitary language which later became the Italian.

Dante Alighieri: Inferno - Inspiration and Design

Montegrappa commemorates the life and work of Italy’s most celebrated literary figure with the debut of the new Divina Commedia series. Explore Dante’s intricate study of sin through the nine circles of Dante Alighieri: Inferno. But remember, the devil is in the detail.

In 1321, the Florentine political figure and poet, Dante Alighieri, died in exile – unaware of the impact his work would have on religion, culture and language. 700 years after his passing, Dante is revered as the father of the Italian language, and his Divine Comedy is regarded as the nation’s greatest contribution to literature. His is a legacy we feel duty-bound to honor.

Completed in 1320, The Divine Comedy is a 14,233-line poem illuminating in content and blinding in structure. Spanning three volumes of rhyming verse, Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso provide a roadmap for the afterlife, and the template for the Montegrappa Divina Commedia writing series.

Dante’s epic opens with Inferno, and it is also here that our artistic narrative begins. Fountain pen and rollerball editions of Dante Alighieri: Inferno comprise 333 silver and nine 18K-gold examples – observing Dante’s famous terza rima structure. Each resides in a vintage book, lashed down beneath the warning “Lasciate ogni speranza voi ch'intrate” (Abandon all hope, ye who enter here).

From end to end, artisanal mastery tells the tale of Dante and Virgil’s tour of the underworld.
Beginning at a hand-enameled crown, the poets leave the mysterious forest and cross the River Acheron to pass through nine circles of escalating horror.
Precious-metal micro-sculptures detail the sins and punishments found at each descending level.

At the base, the poets arrive at the center of a frozen lake, where they encounter the writhing form of Lucifer, waist-deep in ice. The dark angel’s pointed tail appears to rise through the pen’s entire length, before emerging through the crown to furnish a pocket clip of demonic proportions.

The artisanal essence of Dante Alighieri: Inferno reprises a Montegrappa flourish pioneered by The Dragon in 1995. Dante’s circles are recreated using lost-wax casting, then arranged around an artisanal resin core. For this edition, a special magma blend of Montegrappite provides a fiery backdrop to the poet’s fearsome hellscape.

More than 700 years since its completion, Inferno’s renunciation of sin continues to reverberate through art, literature and broader society. But for Italians, Dante’s renegade decision to reject Latin is what would ensure his immortality. His presence lives on in our language. Only our finest craftsmanship can do him justice.