Dante Aligheri Collection (page 2)

That is the ancient soul of wretched Myrrha, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
" That is the ancient soul of wretched Myrrha", he replied, " who burn d with most unholy flame for her own sire, and a false shape assuming, so perform d the deed of sin", c1890

Then, fasting got the mastery of grief, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
" Then, fasting got the mastery of grief", c1890. Count Ugolino, his sons and grandsons condemned to death by starvation in the Torre dei Gualandi

That sprite of air is Schicchi; in like mood of random mischief vents he still his spite, c1890. The alchemist Capocchio is attacked by Gianni Schicchi de Cavalcanti

Lo! he exclaimed, lo Dis!, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
" Lo!" he exclaimed, " lo Dis!: and lo! the place, where thou hast need to arm thy heart with strength", c1890

Yet in the abyss, that Lucifer with Judas low ingulfs, lightly he placed us, c1890. Antaeus the giant lowers Dante and the Roman poet Virgil to the final level of Hell

The crust came drawn from underneath in flakes, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
The crust came drawn from underneath in flakes, like scales scraped from the bream, or fish of broader mail, c1890. Dante

He, soon as there I stood at the tombs foot, ey d me a space, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
He, soon as there I stood at the tombs foot, ey d me a space, then in disdainful mood address d me: " Say, what ancestors were thine?", c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil

He answer thus return d: The arch-heretics are here, c1890. Creator
He answer thus return d: " The arch-heretics are here", c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil. Illustration from " The Vision of Hell" (Inferno)

The guide, who mark d how I did gaze attentive, thus began, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
The guide, who mark d how I did gaze attentive, thus began: " Within these ardours are the spirits, each swath d in confining fire", c1890

Be none of you outrageous, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
Be none of you outrageous: ere your time dare seize me, come forth from amongst you one, who having heard my words, decide he then if he shall tear these limbs, c1890

And straight the trunk exclaim d, Why pluck st thou me?, c1890. Creator
And straight the trunk exclaim d, " Why pluck st thou me?", c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil encounter men who who have been transformed into trees

Then, not to make them sadder, I kept down my spirit in stillness, c1890
" Then, not to make them sadder, I kept down my spirit in stillness", c1890. Count Ugolino, his sons and grandsons condemned to death by starvation in the Torre dei Gualandi

That pierced spirit... was he who gave the Pharisees council, c1890. Creator
" That pierced spirit, whom intent thou view st, was he who gave the Pharisees council, that it were fitting for one man to suffer for the people", c1890

New terror I conceived at the steep plunge, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
New terror I conceived at the steep plunge, c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil ride on the back of Geryon, the Monster of Fraud

Sir! Brunetto! And are ye here?, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
" Sir! Brunetto! And are ye here?", c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil meet Dantes tutor and guardian, Brunetto Buanaccorso Latini, in a firestorm

Love brought us to one death: Caina waits the soul, who split our life, c1890. Creator
Love brought us to one death: Caina waits the soul, who split our life, c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil. Illustration from " The Vision of Hell" (Inferno)

O senseless spirit! let thy horn for thee interpret, c1890. Creator
" O senseless spirit! let thy horn for thee interpret: therewith vent thy rage, if rage or other passion wring thee", c1890

And, lo ! Towards us in a bark comes an old man, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
And, lo ! Towards us in a bark comes an old man, c1890. Charon, ferryman of the dead. Illustration from " The Vision of Hell" (Inferno)

Onward he moved, I close his steps pursued, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
Onward he moved, I close his steps pursued, c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil. Illustration from " The Vision of Hell" (Inferno)

A lion came, gainst me as it appear d, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
A lion came, gainst me as it appear d, with his head held aloft, and hunger-mad, c1890. Illustration from " The Vision of Hell" (Inferno)

Not more furiously on Menalippus temples Tydeus gnawed, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
Not more furiously on Menalippus temples Tydeus gnawed, than on that skull and on its garbage he, c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil visit a frozen lake

By the hair it bore the sever d member, lantern-wise pendant in hand, c1890. Creator
By the hair it bore the sever d member, lantern-wise pendant in hand, which look d at us and said, " Woes me!", c1890

Then Geddo at my feet outstretch d did fling him, crying, Hast no help for me my father
" Then Geddo at my feet outstretch d did fling him, crying, Hast no help for me my father! ", c1890. Count Ugolino

all-searching Justice, dooms to punishment the forgers, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
Then my sight was livelier to explore the depth, wherein the minister of the most mighty Lord, all-searching Justice, dooms to punishment the forgers noted on her dread record, c1890

Wherefore doth fasten yet thy sight below amongst the maim d and miserable shades?
But Virgil roused me: " What yet gazest on? Wherefore doth fasten yet thy sight below amongst the maim d and miserable shades?", c1890

Then seizing on his hinder scalp, I cried: Name thee, or not a hair shall tarry here
Then seizing on his hinder scalp, I cried: " Name thee, or not a hair shall tarry here", c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil walk on a frozen lake

Take good heed, thy soles do tread not on the heads of thy poor brethren, c1890
" Look how thou walkest. Take good heed, thy soles do tread not on the heads of thy poor brethren", c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil walk on a frozen lake

Call thou to mind Piero of Medicina, if again returning, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
Call thou to mind Piero of Medicina, if again returning, c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil encounter Pier da Medicina who must hold open his windpipe to speak

Now mark how I do rip me! lo! How is Mahomet mangled!, c1890. Creator
" Now mark how I do rip me! lo! How is Mahomet mangled!", c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil witness the suffering of the prophet Mohammed, who is repeatedly ripped open

The other two look d on, exclaiming, Ah! How dost thou change, Agnello!, c1890
The other two look d on, exclaiming, " Ah! How dost thou change, Agnello!", c1890. The Florentine thief Agnello Brunelleschi and Cianfa Donati the serpent merging into a single body

Tuscan... disdain not to instruct us who thou art, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
" Tuscan, who visitest the college of the mourning hypocrites, disdain not to instruct us who thou art", c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil encounter the Hypocrites

Scarcely had his feet reach d to the lowest of the bed beneath, c1890. Creator
Scarcely had his feet reach d to the lowest of the bed beneath, c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil. Illustration from " The Vision of Hell" (Inferno)

Amid this dread exuberance of woe ran naked spirits wing d with horrid fear, c1890. The damned, handcuffed with snakes: With serpents were their hands behind them bound

But the other proved a goshawk... and in the boiling lake both fell, c1890. Creator
But the other proved a goshawk able to rend well his foe; and in the boiling lake both fell, c1890. Two demons fall into a lake of molten pitch

In pursuit he therefore sped, exclaiming; Thou art caught, c1890. Creator
In pursuit he therefore sped, exclaiming; " Thou art caught", c1890. The demon Alichino chases the escaping sinner Bonturo Dati

This said, they grappled him with more than hundred hooks, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
This said, they grappled him with more than hundred hooks, c1890. Naked sinners are punished by demons. Illustration from " The Vision of Hell" (Inferno)

There stood I like the friar, that doth shrive a wretch for murder doom d, c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil encounter Pope Nicholas III

Thais is this, the harlot, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
Thais is this, the harlot, whose false lip answer d her doting paramour that ask d, " Thankest me much!", c1890

Why greedily thus bendest more on me?, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
" Why greedily thus bendest more on me, than on these other filthy ones, thy ken?", c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil encounter Alessio Interminei of Lucca immers d in ordure

Ah! How they made them bound at the first stripe!, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
Ah! How they made them bound at the first stripe!, c1890. Naked sinners are lashed by demons. Illustration from " The Vision of Hell" (Inferno)

Forthwith that image vile of fraud appear d, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
Forthwith that image vile of fraud appear d, c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil encounter the fell monster with the deadly sting

Unceasing was the play of wretched hands, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
Unceasing was the play of wretched hands, ...to shake off the heat, still falling fresh, c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil witness the damned afflicted by flakes of fire

One cried from far: Say to what pain ye come condemn d, c1890. Creator
One cried from far: " Say to what pain ye come condemn d, who down this steep have journied? Speak from whence ye stand, or else the bow I draw", c1890

And there at point of the disparted ridge lay stretch d the infamy of Crete, c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil encounter the Minotaur

Haste now, the foremost cried, now haste thee death!, c1890
" Haste now, " the foremost cried, " now haste thee death!", c1890. Men who who have been transformed into trees

From the profound abyss, behind the lid of a great monument we stood retired, c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil shelter in craggy rocks and try to avoid the horrible excess of fetid exhalation

Here the brute Harpies make their nest, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
Here the brute Harpies make their nest, c1890. Illustration from " The Vision of Hell" (Inferno), the first part of " The Divine Comedy" (La divina commedia) by Dante Alighieri

Mark thou each dire Erynnis, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
Mark thou each dire Erynnis, c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil encounter the Erinyes: three hellish furies stain d with blood

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