Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Divina Commedia
Italy, Florence, 1345-1355
MS M.676 fol. 58r

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Divina Commedia, Purgatorio: Scene, Eagle and Lucy of Syracuse -- Eagle swoops down toward Dante, wearing hat, resting with chin on his hands. Beside him is Virgil, seated, with three nude souls around him. To right stands Lucy of Syracuse, holding gathered garment in left hand, below rayed sun with human face.