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Botticelli designs engravings for the 1481 Landino Dante edition printed in Florence as received

The 1481 Florence Dante with Landino commentary used engravings after Botticelli designs; the project is incomplete relative to 100 cantos. In the causal graph this event strengthens Democratic Resilience, a driver that strengthens Having a say in government — an improving welfare path.

Sources: [1][2]

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Context

Shared engravers (Baldini neighbourhood) remain. Incomplete series is a limit.

Sandro Botticelli’s documented role is bounded by other offices and collaborators named in the sources below.

The 1481 Florence Dante with Landino commentary used engravings after Botticelli designs; the project is incomplete relative to 100 cantos. This is not the later parchment Comedy drawings already stored. Print colophon 1481 is the instrument date.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

    1. FactBotticelli designs engravings for the 1481 Landino Dante edition printed in Florence as received
    2. strengthensDriverDemocratic Resilience
    3. strengthensIndicators (3)Having a say in government
    Improving path

    impact weight 0.5 · Effect from 1 January 1481 · verified

    • Having a say in government

      via Democratic Resilience

      Better

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.35 (weight 0.5 × strength 0.7)

      Observed

      29.8% of population aged 16-65 years · 8.13 below the normal line (2023)

      Worse than normal

      Two readings: 30.2% of population aged 16-65 years (2021) and 29.8% of population aged 16-65 years (2023).

      20212023

      Above normal = better

    • Clean elections index

      via Democratic Resilience

      Better

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.23 (weight 0.5 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      0.53 score from 0 to 1 · 0.34 below the normal line (2024)

      Worse than normal

      125 readings, 1900–2024: rose from 0.17 score from 0 to 1 to 0.53 score from 0 to 1.

      Above normal = better

    • WJP Rule of Law Index (global)

      via Democratic Resilience

      Better

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.23 (weight 0.5 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      0.55 index score (0-1) · 0.26 below the normal line (2024)

      Worse than normal

      Above normal = better

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Britannica — Sandro BotticelliEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Treccani — Alessandro Filipepi detto BotticelliIstituto della Enciclopedia Italiana · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Britannica and Treccani independently note Botticelli’s Dante illustration work.

Sandro Botticelli did not file a later UNESCO form, a later Loeb colophon, or a later museum label as a personal act. Split from later parchment drawings. Print is lifetime; later facsimiles are not.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorSandro Botticelli
  2. contributed toFactBotticelli designs engravings for the 1481 Landino Dante edition printed in Florence as received
  3. strengthensDriverDemocratic Resilience
  4. strengthensIndicatorHaving a say in government

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Factrail. (2026). Botticelli designs engravings for the 1481 Landino Dante edition printed in Florence as received. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/sb-landino-dante-1481

https://factrail.ai/facts/sb-landino-dante-1481

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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