This manuscript was probably produced in Bologna around the mid-14th century. From a graphic and codicological perspective, it belongs to the earliest phase of Comedy dissemination, including medium-to-large parchment codices written in a two-column chancery minuscule. Three miniatures at the beginning of each cantica and elaborately decorated initials indicate a luxury production, likely commissioned by a wealthy private patron, as is the case with many of the oldest Dante manuscripts known today.