This project investigates the complex and varied transmission history of Dante’s La Vita Nuova, the first book of the Italian literary tradition, as it is materially transformed from the digits of scribes to the digital. Building on my previous monograph, which examined the emergence of the Italian literary tradition in Boccaccio’s philological work, this study examines how early scribes and editors interpreted and transformed Dante’s enigmatic first book to chart a new kind of literary history that embraces the strange temporality of the literary work. Following these metamorphoses means moving beyond the collection of materials relevant to a textual critic like Michele Barbi by also examining later translations and adaptations, from Rossetti’s translation to Pamuk’s The New Life. During the fellowship, I plan to complete the research for my study by examining the many significant manuscripts and early printed books that are at the center of my project in Rome and nearby Florence.