EditorialParadiso, Canto XXXI. The Empyrean. Miniature shows Beatrice hovering above Dante who kneels before the Celestial Rose, with angels seated in its petals, and the Trinity in centre. Divine Comedy. Italy [Tuscany]; circa 1450. Source: Yates Thompson 36, ...
EditorialMiniature of Dante, with the sun of love on his chest, encountering nuns and naked men, including the spirits of Piccarda and Constance, from the Paradiso, Canto III. Divina Commedia. Italy, N. (Tuscany, Siena?); between 1444 and c. 1450. Source: Yates...
EditorialParadiso, Canto XXVIII. Miniature shows Heaven of the Primum Mobile. Beatrice explains the relationship between the Heavens and the orders of angels. Beatrice hovers above Dante, who kneels beside the circle of angels beneath the Trinity; St. Dionysius...
EditorialThe Mystery of the Redemption. Divine Comedy. Italy [Tuscany]; circa 1450. [Miniature only] Paradiso, Canto VII. Beatrice explains to Dante the Mystery of Redemption. They hover before Justinian within the Heaven of Mercury.The Fall, the Annunciation a...
EditorialParadiso, Canto XXIX. Miniature shows Heaven of the Primum Mobile. Beatrice hovers above Dante, who kneels and observes St Michael and St Raphael fighting the fallen angels; the Trinity. Divine Comedy. Italy [Tuscany]; circa 1450. Source: Yates Thompso...
EditorialParadiso, Canto IV. Heaven of the Moon. Miniature shows Daniel interpreting Nebuchadnezzar's dream; Moses, St. John the Evangelist and St. John the Baptist in a glory of seraphim; the angels Raphael, Gabriel and Michael. Divine Comedy. Italy [Tuscany];...
EditorialParadiso: They see the Rose of Heaven, worshipped by five angels. Dante Alighieri, Divina Commedia ( The Divine Comedy ), with a commentary in Latin. 1st half of the 14th century. Source: Egerton 943, f.181. Language: Italian, Latin.