Caption:
Paradiso, Canto VIII. Miniature shows Dante and Beatrice hovering before Charles Martel within the Heaven of Venus. Charles Martel tells Dante that his descendants would still be ruling Sicily if it had not been for the rebellion known as the Sicilian Vespers. Aeneas before a city in Sicily, three warriors approaching, with shields bearing the Aragonese arms; a ship. Divine Comedy. Italy [Tuscany]; circa 1450. Source: Yates Thompson 36, f.143. Language: Italian.