Folia Magazine wishes all of you a Happy Halloween and All Hallows' Day! To celebrate, here is a bizarre illumination showing an angel, kneeling among tombstones in a graveyard, who seems to be reassembling the…
The journey to discover Dante Urbinate is over! The last scene of our precious manuscript shows Dante kneeling together with Saint Bernard. Through the intercession of the Virgin the poet has the privilege of being…
We have now reached the Empyrian. The miniature shows the Virgin Mary appearing in all her splendor, crowned by angels and surrounded by cherubs (XXXII, 85-99). Before her, kneeling, Dante who has taken off his…
Here is the ninth sphere. Dante and Beatrice look at the nine angelic choirs that rotate around a luminous point representing God (XXVIII, 13-45). Beatrice's pose also seems to convey the words she says to…
Beatrice turns to Dante pointing toward the light. Next to Dante we find St. Peter and St. John the Baptist, recognizable by their attributes, who - together with other apostles - are intent on looking…
Dante and Beatrice are in the Eighth Sphere of the Fixed Stars so there are stars all around them. Dante is in the constellation of Gemini, his own zodiac sign. Above you can see the…
Dante has finally arrived in the earthly Paradise. We are in the Second Sphere, of Mercury the Ambitious. After having rejoined Beatrice, they are seen meeting the same group of souls, where in the center…
The cover page of the Paradiso displays an architectural structure that is complex yet light, almost like a triumphal arch. It gets its extraordinary lightness not only from the many cherubs but even more from…