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Initial E: Three Men Led before a Judge while a Fourth Man Lies Wounded and A Man with a Club Speaking to Another Man Working at an Anvil
The Duke of Berry at Ecluse - Public domain medieval manuscript
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The Construction of a Castle in which the Personification of Jealousy Wishes to Imprison the Personification of Good Reception
The Nativity: Mary lies in bed, St. Joseph holds the Christ-child
The Crucifixion, with the two malefactors
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Dante and Virgil from BL YT 36, f. 14
Dante and Virgil from BL YT 36, f. 16
Dante and Virgil from BL YT 36, f. 16
Dante and Virgil from BL YT 36, f. 18
Dante and Virgil from BL YT 36, f. 46
Dante and Virgil from BL YT 36, f. 18
Dante and Virgil from BL YT 36, f. 4
Dante and Virgil from BL YT 36, f. 46
Dante and Virgil from BL YT 36, f. 4
Dante and Virgil from BL YT 36, f. 14
Summary
Miniature of Dante and Virgil being rowed across the river Styx by a demon rower, Phlegyas, and Dante and Virgil at the brazen gates of the city of Dis, in illustration of Canto VIII. Image taken from f. 14 of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy). Written in Italian.
Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a British collector and philanthropist who assembled this remarkable collection over his lifetime. The collection is now housed at the British Library in London.
Henry Yates Thompson was born into a wealthy family in 1838. Thompson began collecting manuscripts and other items in the 1870s. His collection quickly gained recognition for its exceptional quality and breadth. He had a keen eye for illuminated manuscripts, which are manuscripts decorated with intricate illustrations and calligraphy. The collection has a particular emphasis on medieval manuscripts.
The Divine Comedy is a poem by Dante Alighieri, begun c. 1308 and completed 1320, a year before his death in 1321. It is widely considered the preeminent work of Italian literature and is seen as one of the greatest works of world literature. The poem's imaginative vision of the afterlife is representative of the medieval worldview as it had developed in the Western Church by the 14th century.