Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Divina Commedia
Italy, Florence, 1345-1355
MS M.676 fol. 21r

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Divina Commedia, Inferno: Scene, Punishment of Tyrants -- Dante, wearing hat, stands behind Virgil, standing beside centaur, either Nessus or Chiron, holding bow in right hand and with left hand indicating souls of murderers submerged in three mounds representing river of blood.