Dante Alighieri, La Divina Commedia

Title: Dante Alighieri, La Divina Commedia
Description: Illustration in a book in which Dante breaks a twig that bleeds while Virgil stops him and points ahead. The twisted forest is filled with the souls of suicides, transformed into harsh, leafless trees. Harpies sit in the branches and feed on the leaves. In the background, two naked spendthrifts are chased and torn by savage hounds.
Creator: Giraldi, Gugliemo; Russi, Franco dei, active 1453-1482; Mariani, Valerio
Source: Dante Alighieri, La Divina Commedia (Complete), Fol. 33r. ca. 1478. Ill. MS. Rome: Lib., Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana; Cod. Urb. lat. 365. JSTOR. https://jstor.org/stable/community.11663771.; Permalink
Publisher: MacEwan University Library
Date: ca. 1478
Rights: JSTOR Terms & Conditions of Use; This image is included on the basis of fair dealing.
Format: JPEG; 602 x 800 pixels
Language: lat
Type: Still image
Identifier: 41716; 5Fm.005.tif
Subject: Symbols; Iconography