Illustration V

Canto XXXI. The Central Pit of Maleboge; The Giants (Nimrod, Antaeus, Ephialtes); Antaeus Lowers the Poets into the Ninth Circle.

Canto II. Ante-Purgatory / The Shore of the Island; The Angel Boatman; Cato of Utica; Casella

An ancient gate of wonderful construction, which is minutely described in the text (fol. c viii recto)

Triumph of Chastity (fol. 54v)

Tower of Babel, Illustration from Bergomensis, Jacob Philipp. Supplementum Chronicarum. Venice, Rizus, October 8, 1491

Pope Joan

Illustration XIV

Hosea

Initial N

Letter C

Canto XXIV. The Eighth Sphere: The Fixed Stars – The Triumph of Christ; Saint Peter Examines Dante on Faith

Canto III. Ante-Purgatory / The Base of the Cliff; The Late Repentant; The Souls of the Excommunicated; Manfred