Dante and Virgil witnessing the punishment of the diviners, whose heads are turned backwards because they had attempted to see too far into the future, in illustration of Canto XX. . Divina Commedia. Italy, N. (Tuscany, Siena?), between 1444 and c. 1450. Source: Yates Thompson 36, f.35v. Language: Italian.

Dante and Virgil witnessing the punishment of the diviners, whose heads are turned backwards because they had attempted to see too far into the future, in illustration of Canto XX. . Divina Commedia. Italy, N. (Tuscany, Siena?), between 1444 and c. 1450. Source: Yates Thompson 36, f.35v. Language: Italian. Stock Photo
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