John the Evangelist from BL YT 36, f. 175
Summary
Detail of a miniature of Beatrice watching as Dante is examined by John the Evangelist, who stands within a circle of golden stars with five naked souls. Image taken from f. 175 of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy). Written in Italian.
The Divine Comedy is a poem by Dante Alighieri, begun c. 1308 and completed 1320, a year before his death in 1321. It is widely considered the preeminent work of Italian literature and is seen as one of the greatest works of world literature. The poem's imaginative vision of the afterlife is representative of the medieval worldview as it had developed in the Western Church by the 14th century.
Tags
Date
1200 - 1500
Source
British Library
Copyright info
Public Domain
