Caption: Dante Alighieri (1265--1321) and the realms of Hell, Purgatory, Heaven, and Florence in a fresco from 1465 located in Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore (Florence Cathedral).
Dante holds his Divine Comedy opened to the incipit "Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita" ("Midway in our life's journey"):
---Divine Comedy, Inferno, Canto X, Verse 8. See online Inferno, Canto X, Verse 8.
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Dominco di Michelino (1417--1491)
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2006) /
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