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Yates Thompson 36, f.148, Dante and Beatrice hover beside the Heaven of the Sun in...

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Yates Thompson 36, f.148, Dante and Beatrice hover beside the Heaven of the Sun in which are St.Thomas Aquinas, who presents St. Dominic and St. Francis, the founders of the two great mendicant orders, from 'Paradiso', Canto XI, c.1460 (vellum)
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Paolo, Giovanni di (c.1389-1482) / Italian
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British Library, London, UK
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vellum
Date
c. 1460 AD (C15th AD)
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[Miniature only] Paradiso, Canto XI. Dante and Beatrice hover beside the Heaven of the Sun in which are St.Thomas Aquinas, who presents St. Dominic and St. Francis, the founders of the two great mendicant orders. Image taken from Divine Comedy. Originally published/produced in Italy [Tuscany]; circa 1450. Paradiso is the third and final part of Dante's Divine Comedy, following the Inferno and the Purgatorio. It is an allegory telling of Dante's journey through Heaven, guided by Beatrice, who symbolises theology.

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saint / saint / landscape / introducing / beatrice / st dominic / presenting / manuscript / st francis / page / sun / st thomas aquinas / dante
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