Similar
The Nativity: the adoration of the Christ-child by Mary and St. Joseph
Blindness of the Jews from BL YT 31, f. 134v
Escape of Arsinoe from BL Royal 17 F II, f. 308v
Peter from BL YT 36, f. 172 - Public domain medieval manuscript
Histoirated initials 'Q'(uid) and 'D'(ixit) with seated .. from BL Eg 2432, f. 34v
Image from BL Eg 1146, f. 210v - Public domain medieval manuscript
Grotesque from BL Royal 2 B VII, f. 195
Caladrius bird from BL Royal 2 B VII, f. 89v
Biblical scenes and moralisations from BL Harley 1527, ff. 42v-43
Related
Heaven of the Sun from BL YT 36, f. 146
Seven Spheres from BL YT 36, f. 169
Seven Spheres from BL YT 36, f. 169
Heaven of Venus from BL YT 36, f. 142
Heaven of Saturn from BL YT 36, f. 165
Heaven of Venus from BL YT 36, f. 142
The Light from BL YT 36, f. 179
Heaven of Saturn from BL YT 36, f. 165
The Light from BL YT 36, f. 179
The Sphere of the Sun from BL YT 36, f. 147
Summary
Miniature of Dante and Beatrice in the sphere of the sun being greeted by Aquinas and Albertus Magnus, while ten other great intellectural authorities (the Doctors of the Church) are seated below, including Bede, Ambrose, Isidore, and Boethius. Image taken from f. 147 of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy). Written in Italian.
Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a British collector and philanthropist who assembled this remarkable collection over his lifetime. The collection is now housed at the British Library in London.
Henry Yates Thompson was born into a wealthy family in 1838. Thompson began collecting manuscripts and other items in the 1870s. His collection quickly gained recognition for its exceptional quality and breadth. He had a keen eye for illuminated manuscripts, which are manuscripts decorated with intricate illustrations and calligraphy. The collection has a particular emphasis on medieval manuscripts.
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.