Dante: Divina Commedia
by VECCHIETTA, Manuscript (Yates Thompson Ms. 36), 365 x 263 mm (folio size)
In this manuscript of the Divine Comedy, made in Siena in the 1440s for Alfonso V, king of Naples (1416-1458), the initial shown here (folio 65r) is attributed to Vecchietta and other miniatures in the volume are ascribed to Giovanni di Paolo. In the initial, the sails are hoisted in the little ship carrying Virgil and Dante on their journey to Purgatory.