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Canto VI. The Second Sphere: Mercury / The Seekers of Honor; Justinian

Canto XXIV. Circle 8: Bolgia 7 / The Thieves, Tormented by Serpents

Book I.48. Tullia's chariot drives over King Servius Tulius, her father {Primae Decadis Liber Primus p. IX}

Book I.9. Carrying off the Sabine Women {Libro Deca Prima Cap. XVIII}

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Canto XXVII. Circle 8: Bolgia 9 / The Sowers of Discord; Dante Describes the Condition of Romagna to Guido da Montefeltro

Illustration XLIII

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Canto XXVIII. The Ninth Sphere: The Primum Mobile; The Divine Essence; The Celestial Hierarchies

Saint Anthony, Printer's Mark of Philippo Pincio

Matilda of Conossa

Book III.48. Virginius kills his daughter, Virginia, to preserve her honor {Primae Decadis Liber Tertius p. XXVIII verso}