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- catalog abstract ""The vivid events and characters of Dante's Divine Comedy - one of the most powerful expressions of sacred imagination in all literature - have inspired artists for over six centuries. This magnificently illustrated book assembles more than 250 illustrations of Dante's poem, created by fifteen known artists and some twenty anonymous illuminators to depict every aspect of the pilgrim's journey to the depths of Hell, the mountain of Purgatory, and the heavenly spheres of Paradise."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b10426409.
- catalog contributor b10426410.
- catalog coverage "United States Connecticut New Haven.".
- catalog created "c1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "c1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1997.".
- catalog description ""The vivid events and characters of Dante's Divine Comedy - one of the most powerful expressions of sacred imagination in all literature - have inspired artists for over six centuries. This magnificently illustrated book assembles more than 250 illustrations of Dante's poem, created by fifteen known artists and some twenty anonymous illuminators to depict every aspect of the pilgrim's journey to the depths of Hell, the mountain of Purgatory, and the heavenly spheres of Paradise."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-280) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction: Beatrice the Heart-Eater -- 1. Hell: Depression and Despair (The Inferno) -- Dark Wood at the Beginning -- Gate of Dis: Facing Despair -- Wood of the Suicides: Surrender to Despair -- Simony and the Separation of Church and State: Betrayal of the Soul by Power and Money -- Contention for the Soul -- Depths of Despair: The Impotent Loins of Dis -- 2. Purgatory: Suffering, Dreams, and Insight (The Purgatorio) -- Dream One: The Eagle Is Lucia -- Dream Two: The Siren's Call -- Torment and Atonement: Two Kinds of Suffering in the Commedia -- Dream Three: Leah's Mirror -- Wood of the Earthly Paradise -- 3. Paradise: The Interiority of Divine Reality (The Paradiso) -- Necessity of Incarnation -- Joachim of Floris -- Trojan Ripheus -- Prayer Denied and Prayer Affirmed -- Love and Vision -- Beatrice, Lucia, Mary -- Human Image in God. Conclusion: Exile and the Price of Completion.".
- catalog extent "xvi, 295 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0300068344 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "c1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New Haven : Yale University Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States Connecticut New Haven.".
- catalog subject "851/.1 21".
- catalog subject "Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321. Divina commedia Illustrations.".
- catalog subject "PQ4329 .T39 1997".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: Beatrice the Heart-Eater -- 1. Hell: Depression and Despair (The Inferno) -- Dark Wood at the Beginning -- Gate of Dis: Facing Despair -- Wood of the Suicides: Surrender to Despair -- Simony and the Separation of Church and State: Betrayal of the Soul by Power and Money -- Contention for the Soul -- Depths of Despair: The Impotent Loins of Dis -- 2. Purgatory: Suffering, Dreams, and Insight (The Purgatorio) -- Dream One: The Eagle Is Lucia -- Dream Two: The Siren's Call -- Torment and Atonement: Two Kinds of Suffering in the Commedia -- Dream Three: Leah's Mirror -- Wood of the Earthly Paradise -- 3. Paradise: The Interiority of Divine Reality (The Paradiso) -- Necessity of Incarnation -- Joachim of Floris -- Trojan Ripheus -- Prayer Denied and Prayer Affirmed -- Love and Vision -- Beatrice, Lucia, Mary -- Human Image in God. Conclusion: Exile and the Price of Completion.".
- catalog title "Images of the journey in Dante's Divine comedy / Charles H. Taylor and Patricia Finley.".
- catalog type "Illustrations. fast".
- catalog type "text".