In a 14th-century illustration, Dante reaches out to Sapia, whose eyes have been sewn shut. Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, CC BY-NC Laura Ingallinella, Wellesley College When Dante Alighieri died 700 years ago, on Sept. 14, 1321, he had just put his final flourishes on the “Divine Comedy,” a monumental poem that would inspire readers […]
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