EditorialInferno: A swindler from Lucca is fished out of the boiling pitch by devils. Dante Alighieri, Divina Commedia ( The Divine Comedy ), with a commentary in Latin. 1st half of the 14th century. Source: Egerton 943, f.39. Language: Italian, Latin.
EditorialInferno: A swindler from Lucca is fished out of the boiling pitch by devils. Dante Alighieri, Divina Commedia ( The Divine Comedy ), with a commentary in Latin. 1st half of the 14th century. Source: Egerton 943, f.39. Language: Italian, Latin.
Editorial'Lassen the spy'. A Russian, described by the author as an espionage swindler. After a failed attempt to gain money in return secrets he did not have, Lassen was captured by Steinhauer and imprisoned for ten years. Lassen claimed to have gained money f...