Illustration IV

Theseus and the Centaur

Book VI.16. Marcus Manlius, who defended the capital, is arrested and led to prison {Primae Decadis Liber Sextus p. LIIII}

Letter P

Canto XXXII. Circle 9: Cocytus / Compound Fraud; Round 1: Caïna – The Treacherous to Kin; The Counts of Mangona; Camicon de' Pazzi

Initial P

Canto X. Ascent to the Fourth Sphere: The Sun ; Doctors of the Church (The Spirits of the Theologians and Fathers of the Church); The First Garland of Souls; Thomas Acquinas

Continuation of the Ceremony in the Temple of Venus (fol. o iiii recto)

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

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

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

Saint Grata Bergomensis

Letter B