Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Divina Commedia
Italy, Florence, 1345-1355
MS M.676 fol. 117r

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Divina Commedia, Paradiso: Scene, Heaven of the fixed Stars -- Beatrice, with left arm extended, stands behind Dante, wearing hat, with right hand indicating sphere of the Fixed Stars, enclosing nude souls, including one playing lute and one playing psaltery. In globe above is Christ, crowned, emanating rays. Another crown floats above the sphere.