Art, Symbol & Imagination
The burning terrace
Three robed travellers stand on a rocky edge beside curling flames. Pale figures gather within the fire at the left. The printed lines join a prayer for mercy to the narrator’s desire to turn towards its singers. Doré divides the image between a solid ledge and a burning company, allowing the visitors to stand beside a scene they cannot yet enter casually. The flames mark the terrace’s penance while the human arrangement keeps attention on the voices within it.
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Gustave Doré (design). "The burning terrace" [editorial title]. In Purgatory and Paradise: The Vision of Dante, Dante Alighieri; translated by Henry Francis Cary; illustrated by Gustave Doré. New edition, 1901, 1901, Thompson & Thomas. Source scan leaf 154. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/dante-dore-153
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Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
Source plate inspected individually; printed canto and lines checked independently of binding position. Editorial title; original scan tone retained.
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Gustave Doré (design). The burning terrace. Purgatory and Paradise: The Vision of Dante. Scan leaf 154. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/dante-dore-153