Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Divina Commedia
Italy, Florence, 1345-1355
MS M.676 fol. 88r

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Divina Commedia, Purgatorio: Scene, Pageant transformed -- Statius of Naples stands with Dante, wearing hat, and Matilda. Before them is chariot, sprouting seven heads with ten horns. Inside the chariot stands nude giant, with club raised to harlot, seated in the chariot. On ground to right sits Beatrice and seven Virtues.