On Dante Alighieri "Dal ciel discese," circa 1860-1893.

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On Dante Alighieri "Dal ciel discese," circa 1860-1893.

Manuscript copy of a translation by John Addington Symonds of a sonnet by Michelangelo on Dante. Housed with the poem is a copy of an engraved portrait of Michelangelo dated 1545.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8177450

Cornell University Library

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Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564

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Epithet: sculptor, painter, poet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000295.0x0002d2 ...

Symonds, John Addington, 1840-1893

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Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321

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