Letter O

Canto XX. The Sixth Sphere: Jupiter / The Just and Temperate Rulers; The Eagle Praises the Righteous Rulers; Trajan and Ripheus; Predestination

Joan of Arc (fol. CXLIIII r)

Canto XII. The Fourth Sphere: The Sun / The Doctors of the Church; The Second Garland of Souls; Saint Bonaventura Recounts the Life of Saint Dominic

A huge pyramidic temple, of white Parian marble, with 1410 steps, dedicated to the Sun (fol. b i verso)

Siege Engines, from Robert Valturi, De re Militari. Verona, Johannes de Verona, 1472

Canto IX. Circle 6 / The Heretics (The Furies); The Gates Opened by the Angel from Heaven

Illustration XXII

Book XXX.12. Massinissa marries Sophonisba, the wife of Syphax and Hasdrubal's daughter {Tertiae Decadis Liber Decimus p. CLXXVI verso}

Poliphilus receives the crown and palm-branch, fixed upon a sword, from the hand of another matron, of large frame and severe mien (fol. i recto)

Initial T

Canto XXXI. The Earthly Paradise; The Passage of Lethe

Canto VII. The Second Sphere: Mercury / The Seekers of Honor; Ascent to the Third Sphere; Beatrice Discourses