Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Divina Commedia
Italy, Florence, 1345-1355
MS M.676 fol. 17r

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Divina Commedia, Inferno: Scene, Approach and Entry into Dis -- Dante, wearing hat, and Virgil, with right hand raised, stand behind nimbed angel, holding scepter to open gate of city of Dis.
Divina Commedia, Inferno: Scene, Punishment of Heretics -- Virgil and Dante, within walls of city of Dis, walk amid sarcophagi. Standing in some of the sarcophagi are nude souls of Heretics. Winged devils hover above.