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Yates Thompson 36
f. 34
Torment of the Simoniacs
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| Description: |
Miniature of Dante and Virgil entering the area devoted to simoniacs and magicians, while Dante speaks to the upside-down figure of Pope Nicholas III, with a figure of the True Church in the centre, as a lady dressed in blue with a gold star on her breast, and a seven-headed monster before her (presumably the false church), in illustration of Canto XIX. |
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Italy, N. (Tuscany, Siena?) |
| Attribution: |
Priamo della Quercia |
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