The Circle of Traitors: Dante Striking against Bocca degli Abati
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But, passing 'midst the heads, my foot did strike
With violent blow against the face of one.
"Wherefore dost bruise me?" weeping he excaim'd.
(Hell; Canto XXXII, line 77.)
(Plate 7.)
Description:
Copper-plate engraving depicting a scene from the ninth circle of Hell: Dante and Virgil stand side by side on a frozen lake, where human figures partially emerge, caught in the ice. Dante stumbles against Bocca degli Abati, a traitor to the Guelfs, while more frozen bodies can be seen on the right, embedded in the rocks.
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