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Purgatorio, Canto XXVIII. The Garden of Eden at the Top of the Mountain: Virgil, Dante and Stazio Climb up the Stairs and Arrive at the Plain Which Borders on a Forest; They Cross the Forest Which is Inhabited by Birds; Dante Speaks to Matilda

Attributed to Alessandro Vellutello

early 16th century

1966.12:16

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Drawing

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Drawings and Prints

Purgatorio, Canti XXVIII-XXIX. Virgil, Dante, Stazio and Matilda, Walking in the Garden along the River, Continue to Converse; Apparition of the Seven Lights and of the Elders

Attributed to Alessandro Vellutello

early 16th century

1966.12:17

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Drawing

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Drawings and Prints

Purgatorio, Canto XXIX-XXX. The Seven Lights, the Twenty-four Elders, and the Griffin; Virgil, Dante, Stazio and Matilda Leave the Forest; They Walk along the River; Virgil Disappears

Attributed to Alessandro Vellutello

early 16th century

1966.12:18

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Drawing

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Drawings and Prints

Purgatorio, Canto XXXII. Dante, Stazio and Matilda, and a Further Female Figure (Beatrice?) Looking at the Tree of Eden; Cart Representing the Church with the Prostitute Representing the Roman Curia on it, Dragged by the Giant Representing France

Attributed to Alessandro Vellutello

early 16th century

1966.12:19

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Drawing

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Drawings and Prints

Purgatorio, Canto XXXIII and Paradiso, Canto I. Dante Drinks from the Eunoe, the Stream of Good Memory; Accompanying Beatrice, Dante Ascends to the Circle of Fire

Attributed to Alessandro Vellutello

early 16th century

1966.12:20

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Drawing

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Drawings and Prints

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THE THAW CONSERVATION CENTER OPENS

Press release date

Tuesday, February 19, 2002

The Thaw Conservation Center at the Morgan Library, a world-class laboratory for the conservation of works on paper—drawings and literary, historical, and music manuscripts—as well as a place for conservation studies, opened in February 2002.

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Ploutarchou parallēla en biois hellēnōn te kai rōmaiōn mth = Plutarchi quae vocantur Parallela ; hoc est, vitae illustrium virorum Graeci nominis ac Latini, pro ut quaeque alteri convenire videbatur, digestae / [ed. Franciscus Asulanus]

Plutarch.

Venetiis : In aedibus Aldi et Andreae Soceri, mense Augusto, 1519.

PML 1543

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Book

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Printed Books