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London, The British Library, Yates Thompson MS 36, fol. 65r, top left. Historiated initial enclosing a ship under sail with the poets Dante and his guide Vergil. Dante Alighieri, Divina Comedia, Canto 1, Purgatorio. Northern Italy, 15th century.