The Passionate Collector: Willard Fiske and his Libraries

Dante Alighieri. Purgatorio, ca. 1350.

This vellum manuscript leaf preserves much of the revelatory and crucial cantos XXXI and XXXII. Late in the Purgatory, Beatrice appears, initially rebuking the poet. Beatrice was the idealized love of Dante’s life.


		Dante Alighieri *Dante Alighieri. Purgatorio, ca. 1350.* This vellum manuscript leaf preserves much of the revelatory and crucial cantos XXXI and XXXII. Late in the Purgatory, Beatrice appears, initially rebuking the poet. Beatrice was the idealized love of Dante’s life. Continue the tour