Brief descriptions of the images:

Canto 1

Dante wakes in the dark wood -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107

Dante wakes in the dark wood -- Luigi Adamolli.

Dante wakes in the dark wood -- Gilippo G. Macchiavelli.

Dante wakes in the dark wood -- after G. Doré.

Dante wakes in the dark wood -- Yan D'Argent.

Dante in the dark wood with tree roots over his head -- Nicola Sanesi.

Frightened Dante dressed in black awakens surrounded by thorny plants in a dark wood -- François-Maurice Roganeau.

Dante bowing to Virgil in a vague dark forest with a leopard, lion and wolf coming behind him -- J. Kelt Edwards.

Dante walks across a desert towards a forest -- Dali.

Dante stands in the dark wood -- Barry Moser.

Dante wakes in the dark wood, "una selva oscura", represented by superimposed letters -- Tom Phillips.

"And just as he who, with exhausted breath ... turns back to watch the dangerous waves he just quit..." (Dante looking over his shoulder) -- Barry Moser.

Dante leaving the dark wood -- Ezio Marzi.

Dante stands at the foot of a hill and sees the first rays of the morning sun -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.

Dante stands at the foot of a hill and sees the first rays of the morning sun -- Michael Mazur.

Dante climbs the hill and meets the panther & the lion -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.

Dante enters the dark wood, flees the wild beasts, and meets Virgil -- 1491 ed.

Dante enters the dark wood, flees the wild beasts, and meets Virgil -- 1493 ed.

Dante enters the dark wood, flees the wild beasts, and meets Virgil -- 1497 ed.

Dante meets the lion and the leopard -- after Botticelli.

Dante climbs the hill and meets the panther -- Gilippo G. Macchiavelli.

Dante climbs the hill and meets the leopard -- after Doré.

Dante climbs the hill and meets the leopard -- Yan D'Argent.

Dante flees the hungry wolf -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.

Dante meets the lion -- after Doré.

Dante in the woods with one of the three creatures -- Benjamin Martinez.

The three beasts, shown in three V's with the words caro, mundus, Belial -- Tom Phillips.

Dante and the three beasts -- Stefana Mrozewskiego.

Dante meets Virgil -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.

Dante meets Virgil -- after Doré.

Dante meets Virgil -- Franz Staffen.

Dante meets a white-robed Virgil, the wolf, leopard and a maned lion -- Attilio Razzolini.

Dante meets Virgil, represented by his work as an illuminated ms. -- Tom Phillips.

Dark wood and three wild beasts: a panther, a lion and a wolf -- Antony de Witt.

Dante enters the dark wood, flees the wild beasts, and meets Virgil -- Nov. 1512 ed.

Dante enters the dark wood, flees the wild beasts, and meets Virgil -- 1520 Landino comm. [note: the images used for the Nov. 1512 and the 1520 editions are the same]

Dante flees the wild beasts and meets Virgil -- Nov. 1522 ed.

Dante flees the wild beasts and meets Virgil -- 1544 Marcolini ed.

Dante flees the wild beasts and meets Virgil -- 1551 ed.

Dante flees the wild beasts and meets Virgil -- 1571 ed.[note: the images used for the 1551, 1571, and 1575 editions are the same]

Dante flees the wild beasts and meets Virgil -- 1575 ed.[note: the images used for the 1551, 1571, and 1575 editions are the same]

Dante flees the wild beasts and meets Virgil -- Cristoforo Dell'Acqua.

Dante flees the wild beasts and meets Virgil -- Luigi Adamolli.

Dante flees the wild beasts and meets Virgil -- Yan D'Argent.

The greyhound -- Tom Phillips.

Dante walks with Virgil -- after Doré.


Canto 2

The day ends and Dante prepares for the descent -- after Doré.

Dante preparing for the descent --Michael Mazur.

"The mission of Virgil" -- William Blake.

Beatrice, in a luminous cloud, appears to Virgil -- Attilio Razzolini.

Beatrice appears to Virgil -- Dali.

Beatrice appears to Virgil; Virgil tells Dante his mission -- da Varese.

Beatrice appears to Virgil; Virgil tells Dante his mission -- 1491 ed. (also 1864 Milano ed.)

Beatrice appears to Virgil; Virgil tells Dante his mission -- 1493 ed.

Beatrice appears to Virgil; Virgil tells Dante his mission -- 1497 ed.

Beatrice appears to Virgil; Virgil tells Dante his mission -- Nov. 1512 ed.

Beatrice appears to Virgil; Virgil tells Dante his mission -- 1520 Landino comm.

Beatrice appears to Virgil; Virgil tells Dante his mission -- Cristoforo Dell'Acqua.

Virgil tells Dante his mission -- Yan D'Argent.

The day is turning to evening; Virgil encourages Dante -- Giovanni Costetti.

Beatrice, surrounded by flowers, appears to Virgil -- Luigi Adamolli.

Beatrice appears to Virgil -- after Doré.

Beatrice appears to Virgil -- Yan D'Argent.

Beatrice appears to Virgil -- Franz Staffen.

Beatrice appears, illuminated by a soft light from below -- François-Maurice Roganeau.

Beatrice appears to Virgil -- Benjamin Martinez.

Virgil in his study with the Aeneid; Beatrice represented as rays of light -- Tom Phillips.

Beatrice appears to Dante -- Gilippo G. Macchiavelli

Beatrice appears to Dante -- Stefana Mrozewskiego.

A fleur-de-lis in a hortus conclusus paralleling the Annuciation; 9 circles of Paradise in the sky -- Tom Phillips.

The butterfly Catagramma neglecta, the so-called Virgin butterfly, representing Beatrice descending to Virgil as the emissary of Mary -- Tom Phillips.

A daisy opening to the sun's light (line 127) -- Barry Moser.

A daffodil opening; the rising sun -- Tom Phillips.

Dante & Virgil go through the entrance to Hell -- 1544 Marcolini ed.


Canto 3

A series of iconographic heads (representing souls) -- Tom Phillips.

Dante & Virgil read the inscription at the entrance to Hell -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107

Dante & Virgil read the inscription at the entrance to Hell -- Bargigi ms.

Dante & Virgil read the inscription on a boulder overhanging the entrance to Hell -- Luigi Adamolli.

Dante and Virgil read inscription engraved above the cave entrance to Hell -- François-Maurice Roganeau.

Entrance to Hell -- after Doré.

Entrance to Hell -- Yan D'Argent.

Dante and Virgil entering the dark cave of Hell -- Attilio Razzolini.

"Leave all hope behind, you who enter here" -- by Harry Bennett.

Entrance to Hell -- Benjamin Martinez.

A yellow banner against a background of the iconographic heads, representing lukewarm and indecisive souls -- Tom Phillips.

A collage of images of a park bench, representing the lukewarm and apathetic -- Tom Phillips.

Weeping and wailing of the damned -- Carlo Muccioli.

The souls of the damned harassed by stinging insects -- Luigi Adamolli.

Charon -- after Doré.

Charon moving the boat toward the souls of the damned -- Attilio Razzolini.

Charon moving his empty boat toward a distant shore -- Robert Traill Rose.

The head of Charon -- Barry Moser.

Various colored strips of sun sparkling on water, representing the monotony of Charon's job -- Tom Phillips.

Leaves falling off a tree (line 112) -- Barry Moser.

Horned Charon beating the souls which are about to enter his boat -- Gilippo G. Macchiavelli.

Souls filling Charon's boats -- Yan D'Argent.

Souls filling Charon's boats -- after Doré.

Charon moving the boat along, a soul trying to enter it from the side, amorphous Virgil and Dante sitting at the stern of the boat -- Dali.

Souls filling Charon's boats -- Michael Mazur.

Charon's boat filled with souls -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.

The Entrance to Hell; Charon ferrying souls across the Acheron -- 1491 ed. (also 1864 Milano ed.)

Dante and Virgil go through the portal to Hell and see Charon ferrying souls across the Acheron -- 1493 ed.

The Entrance to Hell; Charon ferrying souls across the Acheron -- 1497 ed.

Dante and Virgil go through the portal to Hell and see Charon ferrying souls across the Acheron -- 1520 Landino comm.

Dante and Virgil go through the portal to Hell and see Charon ferrying souls across the Acheron -- Nov. 1512 ed. 1512

"Leave all hope behind, you who enter here" -- by Harry Bennett.

"The vestibule of Hell and the souls mustering to cross the Acheron" -- by William Blake.

Charon's boat filled with souls -- after Flaxman.

Charon's boat filled with souls -- Luigi Adamolli.

Charyon standing over sinners in the boat -- Franz Staffen.

Charon's boat of damned souls skimming across the Acheron -- Alberto Martini.

Charyon standing at prow of boat -- by Tono Zancanaro.

Charon towers over the souls entering his boat -- Stefana Mrozewskiego.

Dante and Virgil go through the portal to Hell and see Charon ferrying souls across the Acheron -- Cristoforo Dell'Acqua.

Diagram of the vestibule of Hell and the Acheron -- 1544 Marcolini ed.

"O voi che avete gl'intelletti sani // Sotto il velame delli versi strani // Mirate la dottrina che s'asconde" -- Bargigi ms.


Canto 4

Vigil invites Dante to descend into the first circle of Hell -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.

A geometrically symetrical and highly stylized rendering of the castle in Limbo -- Tom Phillips.

Virgil & Dante see Homer, Horace and Ovid by the "Cita de filosofi" -- 1491 ed. (also 1864 Milano ed.)

Virgil & Dante see the philosophers and the castle in which they live -- 1493 ed.

Virgil & Dante see Homer, Horace and Ovid by the "Cita de filosofi" -- 1497 ed.

Virgil & Dante see Homer, Horace and Ovid by the "Cita de filosofi" -- Nov. 1512 ed.

Virgil & Dante see Homer, Horace and Ovid by the "Cita de filosofi" -- 1520 Landino comm.

Virgil & Dante see Homer, Horace, and Ovid by the "Cita de filosofi" -- Cristoforo Dell'Acqua.

Virgil & Dante see Homer, Horace, and Ovid by the "Cita de filosofi" -- Yan D'Argent.

Virgil & Dante see Homer, Horace, and Ovid by the "Cita de filosofi" -- Franz Staffen.

Homer, represented as one of enlarged heads used in Canto II, against a background of images found on ancient Greek pottery -- Tom Phillips.

Dante and Virgil meet the ancient philosophers -- Luigi Adamolli.

The philosophers -- after Doré.

The castle of the great men of antiquity from a distance -- Attilio Razzolini.

The cloaked philosophers (line 103) -- Barry Moser.

The philosophers -- Benjamin Martinez.

The "spiriti magni", the Roman heroes -- Luigi Adamolli.

The Roman heroes, line 118 [image misplaced in Canto 3] -- Adolfo de Karolis.

Souls of the first circle -- after Doré.

Philosophers turn to speak with Dante --J. Kelt Edwards.

Souls of the first circle in a pastoral setting -- Attilio Razzolini.

Souls of the first circle eating each others' heads and bodyparts -- Dali.

Souls of the first circle -- Stefana Mrozewskiego.

The first circle: Limbo -- 1544 Marcolini ed.

The first circle: Limbo -- Michael Mazur.

Torrigiano's bust of Dante on a field of green surrounded by a border of bay-leaves (his welcome by the poets of antiquity) -- Tom Phillips.

The beginning of hell proper, vices of the flesh: a leopard's coat surrounded by the word "caro" -- Tom Phillips.

Christ's descent to Limbo -- Gilippo G. Macchiavelli.


 

Canto 5

Circle of the Lustful -- Michael Mazur.

Repeated images of a coital couple, evoking the sin of illicit love. -- Tom Phillips.

Minos judging criminals' souls -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107

Minos judging criminals' souls -- Yan D'Argent.

Minos judging criminals' souls; his body is contorted and limbs elongated -- Dali.

Minos, on a hillside, judging criminals' souls -- Luigi Adamolli.

"There Minos stands" -- after Doré.

Minos watching Dante and Virgil as they look down into the Second Circle of souls -- Attilio Razzolini.

Minos with his tail wrapped around him (human except for the tail) -- Barry Moser.

The judgement of Minos: Dante's skull overlaid with small scenes of wrestling -- Tom Phillips.

Minos judging criminals' souls; the lustful tossed by the wind -- 1491 ed. (also 1864 Milano ed.)

Minos and the lustful tossed by the wind -- 1493 ed.

Minos judging criminals' souls; the lustful tossed by the wind -- 1497 ed.

Minos and the lustful tossed by the wind -- Nov. 1512 ed.

Minos and the lustful tossed by the wind -- 1520 Landino comm.

The second circle: Minos, the lustful tossed by the wind -- 1544 Marcolini ed.

The second circle: Minos, the lustful tossed by the wind -- Cristoforo Dell'Acqua.

The lustful: Sémiramis, Dido & Cleopatra -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107

The lustful tossed by the wind -- after Doré.

Cranes in flight (line 46: a metaphor of the flight of the spirits) -- Barry Moser.

Birds on the wing, echoing Dante's description of how Francesca & Paolo appeared to him -- Tom Phillips.

Horned demons and the souls of the lustful swirling through the air -- Stefana Mrozewskiego.

Francesca di Rimini & Paolo da Maltesta tell their story -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107

Francesca & Paolo looking into each other's eyes -- Anonymous 1839 engraving.

Francesca di Rimini & Paolo da Maltesta tell their story -- Luigi Adamolli.

Deathbed of Francesca da Rimini and of Paolo Malatesta -- Alexandre Cabanel.

Francesca & Paolo -- after Doré.

Francesca & Paolo -- Yan D'Argent.

Francesca & Paolo -- Franz Staffen.

Francesca & Paolo clinging to each other in the air -- François-Maurice Roganeau.

"Poet, I would gladly converse with those two who together go and seem to be so weightless to the wind" -- Harry Bennett.

The circle of the lustful: Francesca da Rimini -- by William Blake.

Francesca & Paolo and the lustful -- after Doré.

Dante watches Francesca & Paolo -- Attilio Razzolini.

Francesca & Paolo speak with Dante and Virgil -- Marcovich.

Francesca & Paolo reading together on the day of they sinned -- after Doré.

"Those spirits left the ranks where Dido suffers" (line 85) -- Barry Moser.

Adam & Eve in the garden of Eden: embodiment of temptation -- Tom Phillips.

Two lovers sitting on a descended cloud, in front of them Dante and Virgil -- Gilippo G. Macchiavelli

Dante is so moved by their story he falls to the ground -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107

The lovers punished; Dante senseless on the ground -- after Flaxman.

The lovers punished; Dante senseless on the ground -- after Doré.

Dante on the ground amoung the souls of the Lustful at the feet of Virgil -- Attilio Razzolini.

The lustful -- Benjamin Martinez.


Canto 6

Third, fourth, fifth and sixth circles -- Phoebe Traquair.

Circle 3, the gluttonous: the repeated image of a pig in the falling rain -- Tom Phillips.

Ciacco holding his head -- by Tono Zancanaro.

Cerberus -- after Doré.

Cerberus -- Yan D'Argent.

Virgil tosses mud into one of Cerberus' jaws as Dante looks on -- Attilio Razzolini.

Virgil throws mud at Cerberus' mouth -- Luigi Adamolli.

Three-headed Cerberus standing on his hind legs, Dante immediately below his front hoofs -- Dali.

A slobbering Cerberus, viewed head on -- Barry Moser.

A dim image of Cerberus against a mud-splattered background -- Tom Phillips.

Cerberus chasing the gluttonous souls, Dante speaking to Ciaccio; no mud -- Gilippo G. Macchiavelli

Cerberus, winged and breathing fire, stands above mud-covered souls -- Stefana Mrozewskiego.

"Three-headed Cerberus, monstrous and cruel" -- Michael Mazur.

Cerberus growling over the gluttonous in the mud and rain -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107

Cerberus; the gluttonous in the mud -- 1491 ed. (also 1864 Milano ed.)

Cerberus; the gluttonous in the mud -- 1493 ed.

Cerberus; the gluttonous in the mud -- 1497 ed.

Cerberus; the gluttonous in the mud -- Nov. 1512 ed.

Cerberus; the gluttonous in the mud -- 1520 Landino comm.

Circle 3: the gluttonous lying in the mud in the rain -- 1544 Marcolini ed.

Cerberus; the gluttonous in the mud -- Cristoforo Dell'Acqua.

The gluttonous in the mud -- after Doré.

Angel in red blowing the last loud trumpet -- Attilio Razzolini.

"The Gluttons" -- Rico Lebrun.

The back end of a dead pig -- Tom Phillips.

Bits of images of people from Doré under a grey rain -- Tom Phillips.

"Bolgia of the gluttons and incontents; they are in eternal rain" -- Rico Lebrun.

Dante and Virgil speak with Ciacco -- Franz Staffen.

Dante and Virgil speak with Ciacco in the rain of mud -- Luigi Adamolli.

Dante and Virgil speak with Ciacco -- Yan D'Argent.

Ciacco sits up and speaks to Dante and Virgil as snow and rain fall down upon him -- François-Maurice Roganeau.

Dante and Virgil speak with Ciacco -- Benjamin Martinez.


Canto 7

Wheel of Fortune with an image of South African banknote -- Tom Phillips.

Pluto, surrounded by snakes and horned, winged devils, Virgil and Dante standing by -- Gilippo G. Macchiavelli.

Virgil tells Pluto he must let them pass to the 4th circle -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.

Virgil tells Pluto he must let them pass to the 4th circle, spendthrifts rolling stones -- 1491 ed. (also 1864 Milano ed.)

Virgil tells Pluto he must let them pass to the 4th circle, spendthrifts rolling stones -- 1497 ed.

The avaricious and the prodigal fighting endlessly -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.

Ireful sinners fighting -- 1493 ed.

"The Stygian Lake with the ireful sinners fighting" -- by William Blake.

Ireful sinners fighting -- after Doré.

Dante and Virgil view ireful sinners fighting in the Stygian Lake and the City of Dis in the distance -- Attilio Razzolini.

Pluto falls to the ground after Virgil wards him off verbally -- Yan D'Argent.

Pluto -- after Doré.

Pluto -- by Tono Zancanaro.

Pluto with his limbs broken and a cracked grey skull; his shade behind him -- Dali.

A "verbal palimpsest" of layers of nonsense letters echoing the gibberish spoken by Pluto -- Tom Phillips.

Misers and spendthrifts -- Stefana Mrozewskiego.

Lady Luck -- Franz Staffen.

Spendthrifts rolling stones at each other -- Nov. 1512 ed.

Spendthrifts rolling stones at each other -- 1520 Landino comm.

Circle 4: the hoarders rolling stones -- 1544 Marcolini ed.

The hoarders rolling stones above a giant's head (line 55) -- Luigi Adamolli.

The wrathful in the marsh of the Styx -- 1544 Marcolini ed.

The hoarders rolling stones -- Cristoforo Dell'Acqua.

The hoarders rolling stones -- after Doré.

Spendthrifts and hoarders roll huge rocks -- Attilio Razzolini.

A hoarder rolling a stone -- Benjamin Martinez.

Spendthrifts throwing rocks -- by Tono Zancanaro.

Millstones made of the phrases "Why spend" and "Why save" within concentric circles -- Tom Phillips.

The hoarders rolling stones -- Michael Mazur.

Another confusion of words, representing the sullen -- Tom Phillips.

Fortune and her wheel -- Robert Turner.


Canto 8

Crossing the Styx -- Michael Mazur.

Phlegyas rows Dante and Virgil across the Styx -- Gilippo G. Macchiavelli.

Phlegyas rows Dante and Virgil across the Styx -- after Doré.

"No sooner were my guide and I aboard, then the old prow went sawing through the waves." -- Harry Bennett.

Virgil pushes Filippo Argenti off the boat as they approach the flaming City of Dis -- Attilio Razzolini.

Virgil & Dante, carried over the Styx by Phlegyas, pass Filippo Argenti -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107

Filippo Argenti trying to get into the boat -- Yan D'Argent.

Filippo Argenti trying to get into the boat -- Franz Staffen.

Filippo Argenti trying to get into the boat -- Federico Zandomeneghi.

Filippo Argenti trying to get into the boat rowed by Phlegyas -- Luigi Adamolli.

Filippo Argenti trying to get into the boat -- after Doré.

Filippo Argenti trying to get into the boat, but Virgil with an arm around Dante will push him out -- François-Maurice Roganeau.

A sinking head, surround by four horseshoes (signifying Argenti). -- Tom Phillips.

Filippo Argenti tries to get into the boat, Phlegyas shown as a demon -- Stefana Mrozewskiego.

Virgil summons the demons to demand entrance to Dis -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107

Souls question Dante's appearance in Hell -- after Doré.

Drawing of Dante's skull filled with x's and checks representing his indecision. -- Tom Phillips.

Dante waits while Virgil talks with the demons -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107

Virgil & Dante, carried over the Styx by Phlegyas, pass Filippo Argenti and Virgil summons the demons to demand entrance to Dis -- 1491 ed. (also 1864 Milano ed.)

Approaching the City of Dis -- 1493 ed.

Virgil & Dante, carried over the Styx by Phlegyas, pass Filippo Argenti and Virgil summons the demons to demand entrance to Dis -- 1497 ed.

Approaching the City of Dis -- Nov. 1512 ed.

Approaching the City of Dis -- 1520 Landino comm.

Crossing the river, approaching the City of Dis -- Benjamin Martinez.

A pattern of flames (flame-consumed Dis, representing Florence). -- Tom Phillips.

Circle 5: the Styx and the City of Dis -- 1544 Marcolini ed.

City of Dis, symbolized by an entangled mass of bodies -- Dali.

Phlegyas and the Wrathful; approaching the City of Dis -- Cristoforo Dell'Acqua.

A universal "no entry" road sign and two crosses on a field of dripping blood (Dante barred entry to Dis). -- Tom Phillips.


Canto 9

A melange of images related to the number 3 and 9. -- Tom Phillips.

A medieval tower in the middle, tortured women embraced by snakes on its top and inside, Medusa's head in front of its gate; the tower is surrounded by burning tombs, rock formations and devils -- Antony de Witt.

The Furies: Megaera, Alecto & Tisiphone -- after Flaxman.

The Furies struggling with snakes -- Gilippo G. Macchiavelli

The Furies -- Yan D'Argent.

The Furies -- after Doré.

Dante and Virgil meet the Furies -- Attilio Razzolini.

The Furies -- Vincenzo La Bella.

The Furies; Virgil averts Dante's gaze -- Sophia Giacomelli.

The Furies holding Medusa's head -- Luigi Adamolli.

A Fury spitting fire, her chest is torn open -- Dali.

Tisiphone (head only) -- Barry Moser.

The Furies, rendered as blotches of color and shape, against a crenellated foreground. -- Tom Phillips.

The Furies, holding Medusa's head, Virgil shields Dante's eyes -- Stefana Mrozewskiego.

Virgil saves Dante from Medusa's gaze with the help of an angel -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107

Virgil saves Dante from Medusa's gaze with the help of an angel -- after Doré.

Dante and Virgil watch as the angel opens the door to Dis -- Attilio Razzolini.

An angel in a shifting landscape rebukes the demons and opens the door of Dis -- J. Kelt Edwards.

Virgil saves Dante from Medusa's gaze with the help of an angel -- 1491 ed. (also 1864 Milano ed.)

An angel walking on the waters of the Styx -- Luigi Adamolli..

"So did the thousand ruined souls I saw take flight...", line 79 (demons being chased away) -- Barry Moser.

Thousands of ruined souls take flight -- Benjamin Martinez.

The angel opens the door to Dis -- Franz Staffen.

The angel opens the door to Dis and chases the demons away -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107

The angel opens the door to Dis and chases the demons away -- after Botticelli.

The angel opens the door to Dis and chases the demons away -- Yan D'Argent.

The angel opens the door to Dis and chases the demons away -- Luigi Adamolli.

Dante and Virgil enter the City of Dis -- 1493 ed. (note: the image is the same as that of Canto 8).

Dante and Virgil enter the City of Dis -- Michael Mazur.

Virgil saves Dante from Medusa's gaze with the help of an angel -- 1497 ed.

Dante & Virgil encounter Medusa -- Nov. 1512 ed.

Dante & Virgil encounter Medusa -- 1520 Landino comm.

Doors bearing the "no entry" sign (in green) open to reveal the figure of Christ from the Shroud of Turin (representing the angelic messenger). -- Tom Phillips.

The City of Dis and the burning tombs of the heretics -- 1544 Marcolini ed.

The burning tombs of the heretics -- after Doré.

Dante & Virgil encounter Medusa -- Cristoforo Dell'Acqua.

The prideful heretics represented as three lions (one heraldic, two realistic). -- Tom Phillips.


Canto 10

The burning tombs of the heretics -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.

The burning tombs of the heretics -- Yan D'Argent.

The burning tombs of the heretics -- Franz Staffen.

The burning tombs of the heretics, Dante speaks with Farinata degli Uberti -- 1491 ed. (also 1864 Milano ed.)

The burning tombs of the heretics, Dante speaks with Farinata -- 1493 ed.

The burning tombs of the heretics, Dante speaks with Farinata -- 1497 ed.

The burning tombs of the heretics, Dante speaks with Farinata -- after Botticelli.

The burning tombs of the heretics, Dante speaks with Farinata -- Gilippo G. Macchiavelli

Farinata from his burning tomb makes his torso visible to Dante and Virgil -- François-Maurice Roganeau.

The burning tombs of the epicureans, in the form of open books -- Tom Phillips.

Dante speaks with Farinata degli Uberti & Cavalcante dei Cavalcanti -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.

Cavalcante sinks back into his tomb when Dante ignores him -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.

"Look at Farinata raising himself up; you will see all of him above the waist" -- by Harry Bennett.

"That's Farinata-look! he's risen to sight" -- after Doré.

Dante speaks with Farinata in his tomb as fire and smoke rise from various tombs -- Attilio Razzolini.

Dante speaks with Farinata in his tomb -- Nov. 1512 ed.

Dante speaks with Farinata in his tomb -- 1520 Landino comm.

Dante speaks with Farinata in his tomb -- Cristoforo Dell'Acqua.

Dante speaks with Farinata in his tomb -- Luigi Adamolli.

Dante speaks with Farinata in his tomb -- Yan D'Argent.

Dante speaks with Farinata in his tomb -- Anton Maria Mucchi Vignoli.

Farinata -- Benjamin Martinez.

Farinata -- Silvio Bicchi.

Farinata, looking ghostly and monumentally large -- Dali.

Farinata in his tomb -- Barry Moser.

Farinata sits up in his burning tomb, one of many -- Stefana Mrozewskiego.

"...see where Farinata has sat up straight..." -- Michael Mazur.

The Resurrection of the dead from the west front of Amiens Cathedral -- Robert Turner.

The lily of Florence reassembled into a warlike emblem, overlaid with three of the landmark dates in the bloody feuds Farinata relates -- Tom Phillips.

A closed book on which rests a watch face without hands, symbolizing the perception of time by the damned -- Tom Phillips.

Dante proceeds on -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.


Canto 11

Virgil explains the circles of Hell to Dante -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.

Virgil explains the circles of Hell to Dante -- Cristoforo Dell'Acqua.

Virgil explains the circles of Hell to Dante --Michael Mazur.

Simple diagram of Hell -- Michael Mazur.

The circles of the violent, represented by holes in metals reminiscent of bullet holes -- Tom Phillips.

Virgil & Dante at the tomb of Pope Anastasius -- Bargigi ms.

Virgil explains the arrangement of hell as they stand next to the tomb of Pope Anastasius -- Attilio Razzolini.

A view of the circles of Hell -- Attilio Razzolini.

Virgil & Dante at the tomb of Pope Anastasius-- 1491 ed. (also 1864 Milano ed.)

Virgil & Dante at the tomb of Pope Anastasius --1493 ed.

Virgil & Dante at the tomb of Pope Anastasius-- 1497 ed.

Virgil & Dante at the tomb of Pope Anastasius -- after Doré.

Virgil & Dante at the tomb of Pope Anastasius -- Yan D'Argent.

Virgil & Dante at the tomb of Pope Anastasius -- Franz Staffen.

Virgil & Dante at the monumental tomb of Pope Anastasius, the tomb of Fottino in the background -- Gilippo G. Macchiavelli.

Anastasius's name, in classic Roman letters, on a grey background shaped like a tombstone -- Tom Phillips.

Dante & Virgil pause near an open tomb -- Nov. 1512 ed.

Dante & Virgil pause near an open tomb -- 1520 Landino comm.

Dante & Virgil pause near an open tomb -- Benjamin Martinez.

A stylized map of the brain overlays a gridwork "derived from that graph in which the Aristotelian systematisation of morals ... is mapped" -- Tom Phillips.

A series of arrows and other geometric shaped superimposed over "bullet" holes represents the Aristotelian view of the lineage of art as a "grandchild" of God -- Tom Phillips.

Three arrows representing the threefold journey Dante-- up, across, and down-- against a multicolored background of fleur-de-lis -- Tom Phillips.

Entangled, contorted bodies, perhaps the symbol of entry into a new circle of hell -- Dali.


Canto 12

The seventh circle in three sections -- Phoebe Traquair.

The rocky stairs down to the Seventh Circle -- Barry Moser.

The minotaur at the ruined stone bridge -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.

The minotaur as a horse with a bull's head -- Luigi Adamolli.

The minotaur -"the infamy of Crete" -- after Doré.

The minotaur sitting on a rock watches Dante & Virgil descend into the Seventh Circle -- Attilio Razzolini.

The minotaur (head & shoulders only) -- Barry Moser.

The minotaur -- Benjamin Martinez.

The birth of the minotaur, created by fragments of illustrated Victorian newspapers -- Tom Phillips.

The minotaur and Nessus -- Nov. 1512 ed.

The minotaur and Nessus -- 1520 Landino comm.

The minotaur comes face to face with Dante and Virgil -- Cristoforo Dell'Acqua.

A proud centaur holding his bow (line 63) -- Barry Moser.

Two centaurs threatens Dante and Virgil with bows and arrows -- Luigi Adamolli.

The centaurs -- Franz Staffen.

The centaurs approach -- Tom Phillips.

The centaurs approach, Virgil speaks with Chiron -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.

The centaurs approach, Virgil speaks with Chiron -- 1491 ed. (also 1864 Milano ed.)

The centaurs approach, Virgil speaks with Chiron -- 1493 ed.

The centaurs approach, Virgil speaks with Chiron -- 1497 ed.

Effeminate Chiron has an archer on his back, blood is spilling from above -- Dali.

Virgil & Dante riding Nessus, who names the sinners in the river of blood -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.

Nessus naming the sinners in the river of blood -- Michael Mazur.

Dante rides on Chiron's back; the centaurs shoot at the sinners in the bloody river -- Stefana Mrozewskiego.

Centaurs shooting at sinners in the river of blood -- after Botticelli.

Centaurs shooting at sinners in the river of blood -- 1544 Marcolini ed.

Centaurs shooting at sinners in the river of blood -- Luigi Adamolli.

Centaurs shooting at sinners in the river of blood -- G. G. Macchiavelli.

Centaurs shooting at sinners in the river of blood -- after Doré.

Centaurs shooting at sinners in the river of blood -- Yan D'Argent.

Dante & Virgil on the back of Nessus as he walks along the river of blood -- Attilio Razzolini.

Centaur -- by Tono Zancanaro.

Centaurs, sinners in the river of blood -- after Doré.

Centaurs in the river of blood -- by Amos Nattini. Nattini

Encounter with two centaurs -- after Flaxman.

Union Jack representing Prince Henry killed in Italy (line 120) -- Tom Phillips.

Women submerged into holes full of mud, centaurs running around them -- Antony de Witt.


Canto 13

Forest of suicides -- D'argent.

Forest of suicides -- after Doré.

A Profligate, pursued by a black hound rushes through the Forest of suicides -- Attilio Razzolini.

A tangle of thorny branches (line 5) -- Barry Moser.

Forest of suicides -- Benjamin Martinez.

Forest of suicides --Michael Mazur.

Forest of suicides -- by Tono Zancanaro.

Anthropomorphic trees breaking off each other's branches, Dante and Virgil running bellow -- Dali.

"Bolgia of the suicides; they are changed unto trees and bushes" (two pictures) -- Rico Lebrun.

The forest of the suicides; a darker version of the forest from Canto 1, with bird-like shapes at the top -- Tom Phillips.

Dante breaks off part of a "tree" in the Forest of Suicides -- after Botticelli.

Dante breaks off part of a "tree" in the Forest of Suicides -- Luigi Adamolli.

Dante breaks off part of a "tree" in the Forest of Suicides -- Pietro Senno.

Dante breaks off part of a "tree" in the Forest of Suicides -- Franz Staffen.

"A sapling log that catches fire ... " (line 40) -- Barry Moser.

Sketchy letter shapes in red & black with an overlay of wood graining hinting at faces -- Tom Phillips.

The harpies in the forest and two profligates --1491 ed. (also 1864 Milano ed.)

The harpies in the forest and two profligates -- 1493 ed.

The harpies in the forest and two profligates --1497 ed.

The harpies in the forest and two profligates -- Nov. 1512 ed.

The harpies in the forest and two profligates -- 1520 Landino comm.

The harpies and the forest of suicides -- 1544 Marcolini ed.

The Harpies and the Forest of Suicides -- Cristoforo Dell'Acqua.

The harpies -- Armando Spadini.

The Harpies and the Forest of Suicides -- Antony de Witt.

Dante and Virgil encounter Pier delle Vigne -- after Doré.

Dante and Virgil pass a soul turning into a tree -- François-Maurice Roganeau.

Red & white stripes suggesting prison bars and a confusion of letters representing the verbal intrigues Piero delle Vigne engaged in while alive -- Tom Phillips.

The two profiligates trying to escape -- after Doré.

A pack of dogs carry away the limbs of the profligates that they have torn off -- Bargigi ms.

A pack of dogs tear at Lano of Siena & Jacomo di Sant' Andrea -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.

A pack of dogs tear at a profligate -- Yan D'Argent.

Repeated images of hound dogs, a 19th cent. representation of the planet Mars, a coin from Florence and a bush -- Tom Phillips.

A demonic-looking harpy with metal claws, the twisted trees in which the suicides are imprisoned and a pack of bitches tearing at two profligates -- Stefana Mrozewskiego.

The dogs carry away the limbs they have torn off -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.

Hound dogs pursuing the profligates, harpies flying above -- Gilippo G. Macchiavelli.


Canto 14

An old gnarled tree (line 1) -- Barry Moser.

Blasphemers lying on burning sand -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.

Blasphemers lying on burning sand -- 1491 ed. (also 1864 Milano ed.)

The violent against God on the burning sand -- 1493 ed.

Blasphemers lying on burning sand -- 1497 ed.

The violent against God on the burning sand -- Nov. 1512 ed.

The violent against God on the burning sand -- 1520 Landino comm.

Capaneous and the blasphemers on the burning sand -- Bartolomeo Pinelli.

Fire raining down on the blasphemers who writhe on burning sand -- Luigi Adamolli.

The violent against God on the burning sand -- after Doré.

The violent against God sitting on rocks with a rain of fire in the background -- Attilio Razzolini.

Near a small red stream, Virgil explains the origin of all the rivers of Hell -- Attilio Razzolini.

Blasphemers lying on burning sand -- Benjamin Martinez.

The rain of fire -- 1544 Marcolini ed.

The rain of fire -- Michael Mazur.

The rain of fire falling on the blasphemers -- Gilippo G. Machiavelli.

Flames leaping from hands in various poses from ballet moves -- Tom Phillips.

Blasphemers lie on burning sand under a rain of comet-like fire surrounded by old gnarled trees -- Stefana Mrozewskiego.

The violent against God on the burning sand with rain of fire -- Cristoforo Dell'Acqua.

The violent against God on the burning sand with rain of fire [misplaced in canto 16] -- Giacomo Lolli.

The violent against God on the burning sand with rain of fire -- 1817-1819 ed.

Capaneous the Blasphemer, Virgil and Dante -- Pieraccini.

Capaneous the Blasphemer -- William Blake.

Virgil points to Capaneous under the rain of fire -- Luigi Adamolli.

Capaneous the Blasphemer -- Franz Staffen.

"Within the mountain is a huge Old Man" (line 103) -- Barry Moser.

The Old Man of the mountain -- Luigi Adamolli.

The Old Man of the mountain -- Yan D'Argent.

A stretched, split, green skull, one of its extended ends hangs over a cane -- Dali.


Canto 15

An old man squinting (line 18) -- Barry Moser.

Meeting Brunetto Latini -- 1491 ed. (also 1864 Milano ed.)

Meeting Brunetto Latini -- 1497 ed.

Meeting Brunetto Latini -- Nov. 1512 ed.

Meeting Brunetto Latini -- 1520 Landino comm.

Meeting Brunetto Latini -- Cristoforo Dell'Acqua.

Meeting Brunetto Latini -- Yan D'Argent.

Meeting Brunetto Latini and others -- Filippo Marcaggi.

Meeting Brunetto Latini and others -- Gilippo G. Macchiavelli.

Meeting Brunetto Latini -- after Doré.

Meeting Brunetto Latini -- Attilio Razzolini.

Dante & Virgil watching as Brunetto Latini runs away-- Attilio Razzolini.

Meeting Brunetto Latini -- Benjamin Martinez.

Brunetto Latini reaches up from the crowd of sinners -- Luigi Adamolli.

Brunetto Latini, at the head of a line of sodomites, reaches up to the sky -- Stefana Mrozewskiego.

Brunetto Latini describing the conditions in the Seventh Circle -- Michael Mazur.

The Sodomites -- Yan D'Argent.

The Sodomites, Dante and Virgil in the background -- Dali.

The violents against nature run perpetually while fire and sand billow up around them -- François-Maurice Roganeau.

Dante meets the Sodomites (violent against nature) -- Franz Staffen.

A naked Brunetto Latini running (line 121) -- Barry Moser.

Brunetto Latini running away, w/ flames attacking him -- Luigi Adamolli.


Canto 16

Guido Guerro, Tegghiai' Aldobrandi & Jacopo Rusticucci tell their stories -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.

The edge of Circle 7 and the three Florentine Guelf noblemen -- 1491 ed. (also 1864 Milano ed.)

The edge of Circle 7 and the three Florentine Guelf noblemen -- 1493 ed.

The edge of Circle 7 and the three Florentine Guelf noblemen -- 1497 ed.

The three Florentine Guelf noblemen -- Nov. 1512 ed.

The three Florentine Guelf noblemen -- 1520 Landino comm.

The three Florentine Guelf noblemen -- Yan D'Argent.

Dante meets the three Florentine Guelf noblemen -- Attilio Razzolini.

One of the three Florentine noblemen -- Benjamin Martinez.

One of the three Florentine noblemen -- Franz Staffen.

"The three resumed their old lament-and when they had raced up to us, linked their bodies in a wheel" -- Michael Mazur.

Guido Guerro, Tegghiai Aldobrandi & Jacopo Rusticucci, grasping each others wrists, with their heads turned backwards, dance in the flames -- Stefana Mrozewskiego

Virgil standing by a a carmine waterfall -- Dali.

The edge of circle 7, first view of Geryon -- 1544 Marcolini ed.

The edge of the cliff of the Seventh Circle, Geryon is flying toward Dante & Virgil -- Attilio Razzolini.

At the waterfall at the edge of the 7th circle, Virgil throws Dante's rope girdle over to call Geryon -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.

Virgil throws a rope into the waterfall as a flipper rises to catch it -- Luigi Adamolli.

Geryon, looking like a dragon with human head, is pulling himself up on the rope Virgil has thrown -- Gilippo G. Macchiavelli.

Virgil throwing Dante's rope "girdle" into the waterfall -- Cristoforo Dell'Acqua.

Virgil throwing Dante's rope "girdle" into the waterfall -- Sophia Giacomelli.

"Bolgia of the violent against nature and art" -- Rico Lebrun.


Canto 17

The 8th circle: Descent on Geryon into Malebolge; the 10 moats of the fraudulent -- Traquair.

The monster Geryon -- Franz Staffen.

Dante and Virgil sitting on Geryon's shoulders, traveling -- Gilippo G. Macchiavelli.

Geryon descending with Dante and Virgil -- Filippo Marcaggi.

Geryon, bald man's head snake's body-- Barry Moser.

Geryon ("Lichwiarze"), a horned man's head, a furry torso with armored plates below and bat's wings -- Stefana Mrozewskiego

Geryon descending with Dante and Virgil -- Yan D'Argent.

A fearful Dante riding on Geryon's back into the abyss -- Luigi Adamolli.

"New terror I conceived at the steep plunge" -- after Doré.

"Onward he [Geryon] swam with motion more and more slow as he wheeled round descending" -- Michael Mazur.

"Forthwith that image vile of Fraud appear'd" -- after Doré.

Adog biting it's tail to remove fleas (line 50) -- Barry Moser.

The descent on Geryon; Virgil talks to Geryon, Dante talks with a group of usurers -- 1864 Milano ed.

The descent on Geryon; Virgil talks to Geryon, Dante talks with a group of usurers -- 1493 ed.

While Virgil talks to Geryon, Dante talks with a group of usurers -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.

Virgil talks to Geryon while Dante talks with a group of usurers -- Attilio Razzolini.

An unhappy usurer -- Benjamin Martinez.

Geryon carries Dante & Virgil into the eighth circle -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.

Geryon carries Dante & Virgil into the eighth circle -- Nov. 1512 ed.

Geryon carries Dante & Virgil into the eighth circle -- 1520 Landino comm.

Geryon carries Dante & Virgil into the eighth circle -- 1544 Marcolini ed.

Geryon carries Dante & Virgil into the eighth circle -- Cristoforo Dell'Acqua.

Dante & Vigil on Gerion's back in the void -- after Flaxman.

Dante & Virgil on Gerion's back in the void -- Alberto Zardo.

Dante & Virgil on Geryon's back flying through rock formations -- Attilio Razzolini.

Dante & Virgil on Geryon's back plunging into a gulf -- R. T. Rose.

"I found myself suspended in mid-air, and realized that nothing could be seen except the monster"-- by Harry Bennett.

Gerion, flying she-snake, speaking to Virgil and Dante, bloody-red sky surrounding them -- Dali.

A falcon's head (line 127) -- Barry Moser.

The bridges connecting the deep valleys of Malebolge -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.


Canto 18

A bridge over the Malebolge under which are a multitude of flatterers -- François-Maurice Roganeau.

Dante and Virgil flying on Gerion's back over a formation of rocks -- Dali.

The trenches of the malebolge -- Benjamin Martinez.

The trenches of the malebolge; flatterers immersed in feces -- 1864 Milano after an ed. of 1491

The trenches of the malebolge; flatterers immersed in feces -- 1493 ed.

"Bolgia of the panderers and seducers; they are sunk in filth" (three pictures) -- Rico Lebrun.

"I saw horned demons carrying great whips, who struck the spirits cruelly from behind" --by Harry Bennett.

"I saw horned fiends with heavy whips...who scourged their [the sinners'] backs and drove them on headlong" -- after Doré.

"I saw horned fiends with heavy whips...who scourged their [the sinners'] backs and drove them on headlong" -- Gilippo G. Macchiavelli.

Horned demons striking spirits -- Yan D'Argent.

Horned demons striking spirits -- Attilio Razzolini.

Horned demons striking spirits --Franz Staffen.

Demons scourging the fraudulent, Dante & Virgil wrapped in a column of air -- Stefana Mrozewskiego

Three women sinners -- by Tono Zancanaro.

Three women sinners surrounded by dogs, bats, small dragons, flames and rubble -- Antony de Witt.

Contorted woman -- by Tono Zancanaro.

Horned demons whip the sinners; Dante talks with Venedico Cacciamenco -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.

Meeting Venedico Cacciamenco of Bologna -- Nov. 1512 ed.

Meeting Venedico Cacciamenco of Bologna -- 1520 Landino comm.

Dante spots Cacciamenco among the souls being whipped by shaggy-legged demons -- Luigi Adamolli.

Panderers and seducers running and being scourged by demons -- Luigi Adamolli.

Panderers and seducers running and being scourged by demons -- Cristoforo Dell'Acqua.

Flatterer immersed in feces -- Michael Mazur.

Flatterers immersed in feces -- Yan D'Argent.

Dante peering down at the flatterers immersed in feces -- Attilio Razzolini.

Speaking with Alessio Interminei -- after Doré.

Flatterers chained in feces; Virgil points out Thaïs -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.

Virgil points out Thaïs -- after Doré.

Thaïs, the harlot -- Barry Moser.


Canto 19

Baptismal font at Pisa Baptistery (lines 16-18) -- Robert Turner.

"The Simoniac Pope" -- William Blake.

Meeting Pope Boniface -- Nov. 1512 ed.

Meeting Pope Boniface -- 1520 Landino comm.

Meeting Pope Boniface -- after Doré.

Meeting Pope Boniface, head down in the rock w/ his feet aflame -- Alberto Martini.

Dante speaks with Pope Boniface -- Franz Staffen.

The feet of the simoniacs, wreathed in flames,stick out of the ground -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.

The simoniacs head down in rock with flames on their feet -- after Botticelli.

The simoniacs head down in rock with flames on their feet -- Yan D'Argent.

Virgil points out the simoniacs head down in rock with flames on their feet -- Attilio Razzolini.

The simoniacs head down in rock with flames on their feet, other sinners in the background submersed in flames head up -- 1864 Milano after an ed. of 1491

The simoniacs head down in rock with flames on their feet -- 1544 Marcolini ed.

The simoniacs head down in rock with flames on their feet -- Cristoforo Dell'Acqua.

The simoniacs head down in wells full of flames -- Cristoforo Dell'Acqua.

A simoniac head down in rock with flames on his feet -- Benjamin Martinez.

"Bolgia of the simoniacs; they sold ecclesiastic favors; are stuck in flaming pits head down" (three pictures) -- Rico Lebrun

Virgil & Dante, still wrapped in a sort of mantle, see the simoniacs with only their heads or heads and shoulders in the ground -- Stefana Mrozewskiego

The simoniacs all smashed in together -- Michael Mazur.

Simoniacs running down a hill while being whipped -- Dali.

Virgil takes Dante down to talk to Pope Nicholas III -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.

Virgil carries Dante out of the third valley of Malebolge -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.


Canto 20

The sorcerers with their heads facing backwards -- after Botticelli.

The sorcerers with their heads facing backwards -- 1864 Milano after an ed. of 1491

The sorcerers with their heads facing backwards -- Nov. 1512 ed.

The sorcerers with their heads facing backwards -- Marzo 1520 ed.

The sorcerers with their heads facing backwards -- 1544 Marcolini ed.

The sorcerers with their heads facing backwards -- Ernesto Bellandi.

The sorcerers with their heads facing backwards -- Cristoforo Dell'Acqua.

The sorcerers with their heads facing backwards -- Yan D'Argent.

Virgil and Dante meet Manto with her head facing backwards -- A Razzolini.

The sorcerers with their heads facing backwards -- 1544 Marcolini ed.

The sorcerers, in a ditch, with their heads facing backwards -- Luigi Adamolli.

The sorcerers with their heads facing backwards -- Franz Staffen.

The sorcerers with their heads facing backwards -- Michael Mazur.

The sorcerers with their heads facing backwards -- Benjamin Martinez.

The false fortune-tellers, with their heads turned around, viewed both from the front and the back -- Stefana Mrozewskiego.

"Bolgia of the soothsayers who misuse their intelligence to beguile credulous people" -- Rico Lebrun.

Manto with her head facing backwards -- Barry Moser.

Virgil and Dante meet Manto -- Gilippo G. Macchiavelli.

Contorted face of an old man, rock on the top of his skull, bones on the right side of the image, Dante observing it all curiously -- Dali.


Canto 21

The arsenal of the Venetians with the vats of pitch (line 7, ff.) -- Barry Moser.

Virgil & Dante encounter a winged devil on the bridge between the 4th & 5th valleys (bowge) -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.

Virgil & Dante encounter a winged devil on the bridge who is throwing a sinner back into the pitch -- Luigi Adamolli.

Virgil & Dante encounter a winged devil on the bridge who is throwing a sinner back into the pitch -- Yan D'Argent.

Winged devils forcing sinner into pit of fire with large forks -- AttilioRazzolini.

An extravagently winged devil dangles a sinner head down over his shoulder -- Stefana Mrozewskiego.

Devil plunging sinner back into the pitch -- after Doré.

Devil plunging sinner back into the pitch -- 1864 Milano after an ed. of 1491

Sinners in the pitch full of mud -- Gilippo G. Macchiavelli.

A winged devil throwing a sinner back into the pitch -- Franz Staffen.

Devil plunging sinner back into the pitch -- Sophia Giacomelli.

Devil plunging sinner back into the pitch -- Michael Mazur.

Virgil with Dante as he looks down into a flaming pit with legs sticking out -- François-Maurice Roganeau.

Individual legs sticking out of a mass of rocks -- Dali.

Dante hides while Virgil negotiates safe conduct through the bowge -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.

Dante hides while Virgil negotiates safe conduct through the bowge -- Yan D'Argent.

Dante hides while Virgil negotiates safe conduct through the bowge -- Adolfo Magrini.

Demons dashing out from under ramp toward Virgil hiding Dante -- J. Kelt Edwards.

Dante compares his nervous escape to footmen retreating from Capona, which is pictured here -- 1898.

The devil Malacoda show Virgil & Dante the path -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.

The devils of the fifth bowge -- Nov. 1520 ed.

The devils of the fifth bowge -- 1520 Landino comm.

The devils of the fifth bowge -- Cristoforo Dell'Acqua.

The demons in Malebolge -- after Flaxman.

The devils of the fifth bowge -- Benjamin Martinez.

A Medieval devil (after an illuminated manuscript) -- Robert Turner.

The heads of the demons Scarmiglione and Barbariccia -- Barry Moser.

Those who sold public offices plunged in boiling pitch -- 1544 Marcolini ed.

Virgil verbally fending off the attacks of the devils -- after Doré.

"Bolgia of the drafters" -- Rico Lebrun.


Canto 22

A pack of devils lead a frightened Dante out of the fifth bowge-- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.

A pack of devils lead a frightened Dante through the fifth bowge -- Luigi Adamolli.

Devil plunging sinners back into the pitch -- 1864 Milano after an ed. of 1491

Barbariccia -- Barry Moser.

"Escorted by ten devils, we resumed our way" -- Harry Bennett.

"Escorted by ten devils, we resumed our way" -- Gilippo G. Macchiavelli.

Dante and Virgil escorted by ten devils -- Michael Mazur.

Devils walking away, Dante and Virgil facing the pitch -- after Botticelli.

Rubicant (a demon) pulls a barrator out of the pitch -- Yan D'Argent.

"In pursuit he therefore sped, exclaiming, 'Thou art caught.' " (one of the barrators is pulled out of the pitch) -- Doré.

Devils pulling a barrator out of the pitch -- Giovanni Trombara.

One of the barrators is pulled out of the pitch -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.

One of the barrators is pulled out of the pitch -- after Doré.

One of the barrators is pulled out of the pitch -- Giovanni Fattori.

One of the barrators is pulled out of the pitch -- Franz Staffen.

One of the barrators is pulled out to talk to Dante -- Nov. 1512 ed.

One of the barrators is pulled out to talk to Dante -- 1520 Landino comm.

One of the barrators is pulled out to talk to Dante -- 1544 Marcolini ed.

One of the barrators is pulled out to talk to Dante -- Cristoforo Dell'Acqua.

"The lake of pitch"; Ciampolo is pulled out to talk to Dante -- after Flaxman.

Poorly defined shapes of sinners in the pitch; one has been pulled out by a devil -- Stefana Mrozewskiego.

"Baffled devils fighting" -- William Blake.

Two devils fighting above the pitch -- after Doré.

A flying devil forcing sinner into a pitch -- AttilioRazzolini.

Six devils fighting in the pitch -- Luigi Adamolli.

Devils fighting -- Benjamin Martinez.

A mosaic of winged devils, sea monsters, dragons, bats and flying turtles -- Antony de Witt.

A large woman dominates the image, Dante turning his face away from her -- Dali.


Canto 23

Dante & Virgil are chased by the devils -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.

Dante & Virgil are chased by the devils -- Yan D'Argent.

Dante & Virgil are chased by the devils -- after Doré.

Virgil slides down the slope into the 6th valley carrying Dante -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.

< NAME="anchor333334">The cloaked hypocrites want to know Dante is -- after Doré.

Dante and Virgil watch a procession of hypocrites cloaked in yellow -- Robert Traill Rose.

The cloaked hypocrites and the crucified Caiaphas -- after Botticelli.

The cloaked hypocrites and the crucified Caiaphas -- 1864 Milano after an ed. of 1491

The cloaked hypocrites and the crucified Caiaphas -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.

The cloaked hypocrites and the crucified Caiaphas -- Nov. 1512 ed.

The cloaked hypocrites and the crucified Caiaphas -- 1520 Landino comm.

The cloaked hypocrites stepping on Caiaphas who is pinned to the ground -- Luigi Adamolli.

The cloaked hypocrites stepping on Caiaphas who is pinned to the ground -- Gilippo G. Macchiavelli.

Cloaked hypocrites stepping on Caiaphas who is secured to the ground with stakes -- François-Maurice Roganeau.

The cloaked hypocrites and the crucified Caiaphas -- Franz Staffen.

The cloaked hypocrites walking over a bridge under which is standing Caiaphas -- Dali.

The cloaked hypocrites and Caiaphas crucified on the stony ground -- Stefana Mrozewskiego.

Crucified Caiaphas -- Yan D'Argent.

Crucified Caiaphas -- after Doré.

Crucified Caiaphas with Dante and Virgil speaking with cloaked hypocrites in background -- Attilio Razzolini.

Caiaphas, crucified, viewed from his feet -- Barry Moser.

The hypocrites in gilded cloaks lined with lead -- Sophia Giacomelli.

The hypocrites in gilded cloaks lined with lead -- 1544 Marcolini ed.

The hypocrites in gilded cloaks lined with lead -- Cristoforo Dell'Acqua.

The hypocrites in gilded cloaks lined with lead -- Michael Mazur.

A cloaked hypocrite -- Benjamin Martinez.


Canto 24

Virgil shows Dante the broken bridge out of the bowge -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.

Dante and Virgil climbing out of the sixth bowge -- Michael Mazur.

Virgil encourages Dante -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.

They reach the top; Dante is tired and Virgil exhorts him to go on -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.

Climbing out of the sixth bowge and the thieves stung by serpents -- Nov. 1512 ed.

Climbing out of the sixth bowge and the thieves stung by serpents -- Mar. 1520 ed.

Looking from the hypocrites' level to the thieves stung by serpents -- 1544 Marcolini ed.

Walking among the thieves whose arms are bound as they are stung by serpents -- after Botticelli.

Walking among the thieves whose arms are bound as they are stung by serpents -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.

Walking among the thieves whose arms are bound as they are stung by serpents -- Gilippo G. Macchiavelli.

Thieves stung by serpents -- 1864 Milano after an ed. of 1491.

Thieves stung by serpents -- Cristoforo Dell'Acqua.

Thieves stung by serpents -- Luigi Adamolli.

Thieves stung by serpents -- Giovanni Buffa.

Thieves stung by serpents -- Yan D'Argent.

Thieves stung by serpents -- after Doré.

Dante and Virgil look down upon thieves stung by serpents -- Attilio Razzolini.

Thieves stung by serpents -- Benjamin Martinez.

Thieves stung by serpents -- Franz Staffen.

Thieves stung by serpents -- Stefana Mrozewskiego.

Thieves stung by serpents wrapped around them; two flying foxes, one centaur -- Antony de Witt.

A giant standing over and above Dante, holding something in his hand -- Dali.


Canto 25

Vanni Fucci gesturing rudely at God -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.

Vanni Fucci gesturing rudely at God, a serpent is tied around his neck -- Gilippo G. Macchiavelli.

Vanni Fucci, among the serpents, gesturing rudely at God -- Luigi Adamolli.

"Fucci 'making the figs' against God" -- William Blake.

Making the "fig" -- Robert Turner.

Vanni Fucci fleeing from Cacus -- Attilio Razzolini.

Vanni Fucci fighting a serpent wrapped around his body -- Dali.

Vanni Fucci, wrapped by a serpent, gesturing rudely -- Barry Moser.

Vanni Fucci being devoured by serpents -- Franz Staffen.

Vanni Fucci is pursued by a centaur with a nest of serpents on his back -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.

Cacus, the centaur, with serpents writhing over him -- Yan D'Argent.

Cacus, the centaur, with serpents writhing over him; men struggling with serpents in the forefront -- 1864 Milano after an ed. of 1491

Cacus, the centaur, with serpents writhing over him -- Sophia Giacomelli.

Cacus, the centaur, with serpents of all sizes writhing over him -- Luigi Adamolli.

The piebald winged centaur Cacus, with a serpent on his back, pursues the thieves -- Stefana Mrozewskiego.

Thieves -- Tono Zancanaro.

The reptiles and thieves are blended together -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.

The reptiles and thieves are blended together -- Benjamin Martinez.

"...how you change, Agnello!-already you are neither two nor one." -- Michael Mazur.

Cianfa, one of the thieves being attacked and blended with a snake -- Barry Moser.

"Bolgia of the thieves; their penance was to be changed from humans into snakes.' (three pictures) -- Rico Lebrun.

Calvalcante has a monster's head on a man's body; Buoso has a man's head on a monster's body -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.

Buoso talks to Guercio -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.

The reptiles and thieves are blended together -- Nov. 1512 ed.

The reptiles and thieves are blended together -- 1520 Landino comm.

The reptiles and thieves are blended together -- Cristoforo Dell'Acqua.

The reptiles and thieves are blended together -- after Doré.

A monster pursues Vanni Fucci -- 1544 Marcolini ed.


Canto 26

Virgil helps Dante cross into the 8th valley -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107. (two images)

Dante leans over the bridge and sees the flames hiding the spirits-- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.

Dante and Virgil on the edge of the bridge, looking at the fraudulent within their flames -- Yan D'Argent.

Dante and Virgil on the edge of the bridge, looking at the fraudulent within their flames -- 1864 Milano after an ed. of 1491

Dante and Virgil on the edge of the bridge, looking at the fraudulent within their flames -- Gilippo G. Macchiavelli.

Dante and Virgil on the edge of the bridge, looking at the fraudulent within their flames -- after Doré.

Dante and Virgil on a plateau looking down upon the fraudulent within their flames -- A Razzolini.

Dante and Virgil on the edge of an archway looking at the large flames of the fraudulent -- François-Maurice Roganeau.

"Within the flames are spirits; each one here enfolds himself in what burns him" -- Michael Mazur.

At the twin flames of Ulysses and Diomede -- Nov. 1512 ed.

At the twin flames of Ulysses and Diomede -- 1520 Landino comm.

At the twin flames of Ulysses and Diomede -- Cristoforo Dell'Acqua.

The twin flames of Ulysses and Diomede (distorted faces) -- Barry Moser.

Ulysses tells the story of his travels by boat -- Domenico Fabris.

Ulysses tells the story of his travels by boat -- Franz Staffen.

The fraudulent walk along, consumed by a tall flame -- Benjamin Martinez.

Dante & Virgil stand on an overlook and see Ulysses trapped in a giant flame -- Stefana Mrozewskiego.

A beautiful centaur extending one of its arms -- Dali.


Canto 27

Dante talks with Guido da Montefeltro -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.

Dante talks with Guido da Montefeltro -- 1864 Milano after an ed. of 1491

Dante and Virgil speak with Guido da Montefeltro who is surrounded by flames and smoke -- Attilio Razzolini.

Dante and Virgil speek with Guido da Montefeltro who appears to be a large flame in the shape of a man -- François-Maurice Roganeau.

Dante talks with Guido da Montefeltro -- Michael Mazur.

Dante talks with Guido da Montefeltro -- Franz Staffen.

Dante talks with Guido da Montefeltro -- Gilippo G. Macchiavelli.

Dante talks with Guido da Montefeltro, lighting strikes cut the image -- Stefana Mrozewskiego.

The flames speak -- Nov. 1512 ed.

The flames speak -- 1520 Landino comm.

The flames speak -- Cristoforo Dell'Acqua.

The flames speak -- Benjamin Martinez.

The contention for the soul of Guido de Montefeltro between St. Francis and the black cherub -- Yan D'Argent.

The contention for the soul of Guido de Montefeltro between St. Francis and the black cherub -- after Flaxman.

St. Francis & the black cherub fight for the soul of Guido de Montefeltro -- Sophia Giacomelli.

A snake figure with wings on its large head, eating its own tail; a stick emerges from a hole in its head -- Dali.


Canto 28

Leaning over the bridge to the 9th valley and seeing mutilated bodies -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.

Mahomet, split in half, speaks to Dante and Virgil -- Yan D'Argent.

"Mahomet" speaks to Dante and Virgil -- after Doré.

Mahomet approaches Dante and Virgil while the Sowers of Discord are smitten by a demon with a sword -- A Razzolini.

Muhammed holding open the sides of his chest cavity -- Barry Moser.

Muhammed holding open the sides of his chest cavity; headless man in the forefront -- 1864 Milano after an ed. of 1491

Muhammed torn apart -- Benjamin Martinez.

Muhammed torn apart -- Gilippo G. Macchiavelli.

Muhammed torn apart, his body parts nailed to the ground, his flesh between his teeth -- Dali.

"Bolgia of the sowers of discord; sowers of schism abroad while they yet lived; therefore they now go split." (thirteen pictures) -- Rico Lebrun.

Leaning over the bridge to the 9th valley and seeing mutilated bodies -- after Doré.

"I distinctly saw, and still seem to see, a figure without a head walking about" -- Harry Bennett.

Dante sees a figure without a head walking around -- Cristoforo Dell'Acqua.

"It carried by the hair its severed head" -- Yan D'Argent.

"It carried by the hair its severed head"-- after Doré.

Bertrand de Born holding up his severed head behind the departing Dante and Virgil -- A Razzolini.

"It carried by the hair its severed head" -- Barry Moser.

Dante sees a figure without a head walking around -- Franz Staffen.

Dante and Virgil see figures without hands, arms and faces -- after Botticelli.

"The schismatics and sowers of discord: Mosca de'Lamberti and Bertrand de Born" -- William Blake.

People cut in half -- Tono Zancanaro.

Naumet [i.e. Muhammad] and other sowers of discord -- Nov. 1512 ed.

Naumet [i.e. Muhammad] and other sowers of discord -- 1520 Landino comm.

The sowers of discord have their bodies torn apart -- 1544 Marcolini ed.

"No barrel staved-in ...ever gaped as wide as the man I saw split open from his chin down to the farting-place" -- Michael Mazur.

"Mahomet" and other sowers of discord with their bodies torn open, winged demon hover over them -- Stefana Mrozewskiego.


Canto 29

Dante lingering over the sinners in the Ninth Bowge -- Yan D'Argent.

Dante lingering over the sinners in the Ninth Bowge -- 1864 Milano after an ed. of 1491

Dante lingering over the sinners in the Ninth Bowge -- after Doré.

Dante lingering over the sinners in the Ninth Bowge -- Michael Mazur.

The leprous alchemists -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.

Dante looks down into the Tenth Bowge and sees the falsifiers -- after Doré.

Dante and Virgil standing in the Tenth Bowge surrounded by falsifiers on the ground -- A Razzolini.

Falsifiers suffering from their painfull diseases -- after Botticelli.

The horrid diseases of the falsifiers -- Nov. 1512 ed.

The horrid diseases of the falsifiers -- 1520 Landino comm.

Circle 8, bolge 10: falsifiers' horrid diseases -- 1544 Marcolini ed.

Diseases of the falsifiers -- Cristoforo Dell'Acqua.

Diseases of the falsifiers --after Doré.

Diseases of the falsifiers -- Domenico Fabris.

"Bolgia of the falsifiers; they are afflicted by the itch of loathsome diseases." (two pictures) -- Rico Lebrun.

The vale of diseases -- after Flaxman.

"I saw two propped against each other... from head to foot, spotted with scabs" -- Barry Moser.

A falsifier's body parts falling apart, his decapitated head in his palm -- Dali.

The carp (line 84) -- Barry Moser.

Two diseased spirits spotted with scabs -- Benjamin Martinez.

"I saw two propped against each other...and each, from head to foot, spotted with scabs;" -- Franz Staffen.

Those with disease lying down, dark lines like an inverted Aurora borealis above them -- Stefana Mrozewskiego.

A group of men with distended bellies (line 136 ff.) -- Gilippo G. Macchiavelli.

Sick souls who could not lift themselves from the ground -- Natale Faorzi.


Canto 30

Aretino and Capocchio -- Nov. 1512 ed.

Aretino and Capocchio -- 1520 Landino comm.

Gianni Schicchi attacks Capocchio -- Yan D'Argent.

Gianni Schicchi attacks Capocchio -- after Doré.

Aretino and Capocchio as two faces spilling over the ground, one biting the other's -- Dali.

Gianni Schicchi pulling Capocchio's hair -- Stefana Mrozewskiego.

Myrrha and Gianni Schicchi -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.

Myrrha and Gianni Schicchi in the background; tormented Adam of Brescia and Simon of Troy in the foreground -- 1864 Milano after an ed. of 1491

Griffolino speaks with Dante and Virgil surrounded by stricken falsifiers -- Attilio Razzolini.

Myrrha and Gianni Schicchi are pointed out to Dante -- Sophia Giacomelli.

"That is the ancient spirit of the despicable Myrrha, who was in love, beyond the rightful love, with her father"-- Harry Bennett.

Myrrha and Gianni Schicchi -- Tono Zancanaro.

Gianni Schicchi -- Michael Mazur.

Gianni Schicchi being pointed out to Dante -- Duilio Cambellotti.

Myrrha -- after Doré.

A lute (the description of one of the counterfeitors-- lines 45-51) -- Robert Turner.

Adam of Brescia and Simon of Troy -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.

Adam of Brescia and Simon of Troy in a brawl -- Attilio Razzolini.

Adam of Brescia and Simon of Troy -- Benjamin Martinez.

Adam of Brescia and Simon of Troy -- Franz Staffen.

Adam of Brescia and Simon of Troy --Gilippo G. Macchiavelli.

Virgil rubukes Dante for becoming intent upon a quarrel between Sinon and Adam -- Fran&ccedil;ois-Maurice Roganeau.


Canto 31

The 9th circle: The well of the Giants; the freezing winds -- Phoebe Traquair.

The city walls of Montereggione (lines 40-41) -- Robert Turner.

The giant Ephialtes in chains -- Attilio Razzolini.

The giant Ephialtes, chained at the wrist -- Barry Moser.

The giant Ephialtes -- Benjamin Martinez.

The giants Ephialtes and Antaeus -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.

The giants Nimrod, Ephialtes and Antaeus; Antaeus lifting Virgil and Dante -- 1864 Milano after an ed. of 1491

The giants Nimrod, Ephialtes and Antaeus -- Nov. 1512 ed.

The giants Nimrod, Ephialtes and Antaeus -- 1520 Landino comm.

The giants Nimrod, Ephialtes and Antaeus -- Yan D'Argent.

The giants Nimrod, Ephialtes and Antaeus -- Gilippo G. Macchiavelli.

A giant blowing a horn chained to his neck -- after Botticelli.

Hands of a giant lifting Dante and Virgil upwards -- Dali.

Nimrod -- after Doré.

The three giants -- after Doré.

The well at the bottom of Hell, surrounded by giants -- 1544 Marcolini ed.

The well at the bottom of Hell, surrounded by giants -- Michael Mazur.

Four giants, Nimrod, Ephialtes, Briareus and Antaeus, who hand circles Dante & Virgil -- Stefana Mrozewskiego.

Virgil asks Antaeus for help descending to the ninth circle -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.

Antaeus helping Dante and Virgil descend to the ninth circle -- Yan D'Argent.

Antaeus helping Dante and Virgil descend to the ninth circle -- Franz Staffen.

Antaeus lifts Virgil & Dante out of the well -- Cristoforo Dell'Acqua.

Antaeus sets Virgil and Dante down gently in the next circle, other giants watch -- Luigi Adamolli.

Antaeus sets Virgil and Dante down gently in the next circle, other giants watch -- Chini.

Antaeus sets Virgil and Dante down gently in the next circle -- after Doré.

Antaeus sets Virgil and Dante down gently into the next circle -- Attilio Razzolini.

Antaeus sets Virgil and Dante down into the next circle -- Robert Traill Rose.


Canto 32

The frozen lake -- Michael Mazur.

The traitors in the frozen lake Cocytus -- after Botticelli.

The traitors in the frozen lake Cocytus -- 1529 ed.

The traitors in the frozen lake Cocytus -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107. (this image is repeated)

The traitors in the frozen lake Cocytus -- 1864 Milano after an ed. of 1491

The traitors in the frozen lake Cocytus -- Yan D'Argent.

The traitors in the frozen lake Cocytus, Dante and Virgil walking accross the lake -- Gilippo G. Macchiavelli.

The traitors in the frozen lake Cocytus -- after Doré.

Dante & Virgil on a plateau looking down upon the traitors in the frozen lake Cocytus -- Attilio Razzolini.

The traitors in the frozen lake Cocytus -- Benjamin Martinez.

"Cocytus; the treatcherous against blood ties are embedded in a afrozen lake." (five pictures) -- Rico Lebrun.

Dante seizes the head of Bocca degli Abati -- Nov. 1512 ed.

Dante seizes the head of Bocca degli Abati -- 1520 Landino comm.

Dante seizes Bocca degli Abati in Antenora -- 1544 Marcolini ed.

Dante seizes the head of Bocca degli Abati -- Cristoforo Dell'Acqua.

Dante seizes the head of Bocca degli Abati -- after Doré.

Dante seizes the head of Bocca degli Abati -- Franz Staffen.

Dante seizes the hair of Bocca degli Abati whose head is protruding from frozen ice -- François-Maurice Roganeau.

Dante pulling out the contorted head of Bocca degli Abati from a crack in the ground -- Dali.

The heads of traitors protrude from the frozen lake; Dante seizes Bocca degli Abati's head -- Stefana Mrozewskiego.

"One sinner dug his teeth into the other" (line 128: shown of heads only) -- Barry Moser.

Dante and Virgil encounter a sinner chewing on the scalp of another -- Yan D'Argent.


Canto 33

Ugolino eating the scalp of a fellow sinner -- Lapi.

Ugolino, frozen in ice, nibbling on the hair of a fellow sinner -- Luigi Adamolli.

Ugolino, frozen in ice, nibbling on the hair of a fellow sinner -- after Botticelli.

Ugolino, frozen in ice, eating the scalp of a fellow sinner, look up at Dante and Virgil -- Attilio Razzolini.

Dante and Virgil look down upon Ugolino in a pit eating the scalp of another sinner -- François-Maurice Roganeau.

Ugolino eating the scalp of a fellow sinner -- Michael Mazur.

Ugolino eating the scalp of a fellow sinner --Benjamin Martinez.

Ugolino eating the scalp of a fellow sinner -- Tono Zancanaro.

Ugolino holding the skull of a fellow sinner -- Stefana Mrozewskiego.

Ugolino struggling with a man whose brain he intends to eat -- Gilippo G. Macchiavelli.

Ugolino's head and torso in the background, in the forefront a green skull-shaped rock with ants crawling over it -- Dali.

Count Ugolino, Fra Alberigo and Archbp. Ruggieri degli Ubaldini -- Nov. 1512 ed.

Count Ugolino, Fra Alberigo and Archbp. Ruggieri degli Ubaldini -- 1520 Landino comm.

Count Ugolino, Fra Alberigo and Archbp. Ruggieri degli Ubaldini -- 1864 Milano after an ed. of 1491

Count Ugolino recounting his story to Dante and Virgil -- Yan D'Argent.

Count Ugolino recounting his story to Dante and Virgil -- Franz Staffen.

Ugolino and his sons' in their prison cell -- Luigi Adamolli.

Count Ugolino recounting his sons' sacrifice of themselves -- after Doré.

Count Ugolino recounting his sons' sacrifice of themselves -- Sophia Giacomelli.

Ugolino's son Gaddo begging for his father to save him -- Luigi Adamolli.

Count Ugolino's son Gaddo begging for his father to save him -- after Doré.

The descent from Antenora to Tolomea -- 1544 Marcolini ed.

Dante speaking with Fra Alberigo -- Cristoforo Dell'Acqua.

The blind Count Ugolino groping among corpses -- after Flaxman. flaxman variant

The blind Ugolino groping among corpses for his sons -- Luigi Adamolli.

The blind Count Ugolino groping among corpses -- after Doré.


Canto 34

The poets encounter traitors to their Lords frozen in ice -- Yan D'Argent.

The poets encounter Dis (Satan) -- Yan D'Argent.

The poets encounter Dis (Satan) -- after Doré.

Dante and Virgil watching giant winged satan in ice eating Brutus, Cassius, and Judas -- Attilio Razzolini.

At the edge of the lake; Lucifer's wings are just visible -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.

Three-headed Lucifer standing in ice up to his breast , traitors' legs sticking out of his mouths -- 1491 ed.

"The emperor of the woeful kingdom was standing in the ice up to his breast" -- Harry Bennett.

Lucifer standing in ice up to his breast - Cristoforo Dell'Acqua.

Dis, or Lucifer (head and shoulders) -- after Flaxman.

Lucifer -- William Blake.

Lucifer buried up to his chest in the ground looking powerless, two green legs sticking out of his single mouth, a bone splitting his skull open -- Dali.

The many-fanged, wolf-like Lucifer (head & shoulders only) -- Barry Moser.

Horned, winged Lucifer, two heads and one pair of legs sticking out of his mouth -- Antony de Witt.

Lucifer with Brutus, Cassius and Judas in his mouths -- Sophia Giacomelli.

Three-headed Lucifer with Brutus, Cassius and Judas in his mouths, trapped souls show in the ice beneath Dante's feet -- Luigi Adamolli.

Three-headed Lucifer with Brutus, Cassius and Judas in his mouths, Dante and Virgil climbing across his chest, using the chest-hair as ropes -- after Botticelli.

Lucifer with Brutus, Cassius and Judas in his mouth -- 1864 Milano after an ed. of 1491

Lucifer with Brutus, Cassius and Judas in his mouth -- Franz Staffen.

Two headed Lucifer eating Brutus, Cassius and Judas while Dante and Virgil clamber along his body -- François-Maurice Roganeau.

Lucifer with Brutus, Cassius and Judas in his mouth -- Michael Mazur.

Lucifer with Brutus, Cassius and Judas in his mouth -- Tono Zancanaro.

Lucifer with Brutus, Cassius and Judas in his mouth; his massive wings form the background -- Gilippo G. Macchiavelli.

Lucifer stabbing a trident into the ice, while eating Brutus, Cassius and Judas; Lucifer's wings form the background of the image -- Stefana Mrozewskiego.

Lucifer eating Judas Escariot -- Nov. 1512 ed.

Lucifer eating Judas Escariot -- 1520 Landino comm.

Lucifer eating Judas Escariot -- Giorgio Kienerk.

Lucifer's head protruding into Judecca -- 1544 Marcolini ed.

Lucifer's feet sticking into the center of the Earth -- 1544 Marcolini ed.

Lucifer's feet sticking into the center of the Earth -1555.

Dante and Virgil emerging from Hell -- Yan D'Argent.

Dante and Virgil emerging from Hell -- after Doré.

Dante and Virgil emerge from Hell and see the stars -- Benjamin Martinez.

Dante and Virgil emerge from Hell and see the stars -- Michael Mazur.

Dante and Virgil see the stars -- after Doré.


Portraits of Dante

1547 Portrait

Giovanni Lapi (1777)

Giuseppe Benaglia's (1804)

Giuseppe Patrini's (1806)

G. Machiavelli's (1819)

Marcovich's (1840)

Benjamin Flaxman's (1854)

Gustave Doré's (1861)

Bust from Dante's deathmask (1862)

Elvira Rossi's (1862)

Anonymous engraving (1867)

Andrea del Castagno's (1898)

Photo of Dante's deathmask (1898)

François-Maurice Roganeau's (1912)

Barry Moser's (1980)

Benjamin Martinez's version (1985)



Maps of the Inferno

Giovanni Andrea's version (1516)

1568 version

1844 version

German translation (1920)

Robert Turner's version (1996)