Art, Symbol & Imagination
Cacciaguida recalls Florence's broken peace
Two visitors on clouds face a bearded robed speaker beneath faint arcs of heavenly figures. The caption names Florence and a victim falling beside the stone that guards the bridge. The matching canto places this within Cacciaguida's recollection of Buondelmonti and the city's lost tranquillity. Doré shows the celestial telling rather than illustrating the killing at the bridge. This distinction matters: the visible bearded figure is the narrator of a remembered political history, not the fallen victim. The supplied print is faint, and its pale background is retained without reconstructive sharpening.
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Gustave Doré (design). "Cacciaguida recalls Florence's broken peace" [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 282. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/dante-dore-281
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Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
Full plate and printed caption individually viewed. Matching canto passage read; misplaced bindings identified by caption, not physical adjacency. Original tone and printing wear retained.
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Gustave Doré (design). Cacciaguida recalls Florence's broken peace. Purgatory and Paradise: The Vision of Dante. Scan leaf 282. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/dante-dore-281