Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Divina Commedia
Italy, Florence, 1345-1355
MS M.676 fol. 39r

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Divina Commedia, Inferno: Scene, Punishment of Sowers of Discord -- Two scenes in continuous narrative.
1) Dante, wearing hat, stands with Virgil before group of nude souls of Sowers of Discord, all with bleeding wounds, including one, possibly Muhammed, showing wound extending the full length of his torso.
2) Dante, wearing hat, stands with Virgil, gesturing to soul of Bertran de Born, holding his severed head in right hand.