In 1292, he was called to Rome by Pope Boniface VIII to illuminate manuscripts in the papal library.
There, souls repent for their prideful past by carrying heavy stones on their backs that force them to hunch over with their faces to the ground.
Dante responds to Oderisi and refers to him as "the honor of Gubbio and of that art which they in Paris call illumination.
"[2] Oderisi replies as an example of humility, brushing off Dante's praise stating that his pupil, Franco Bolognese, is more worthy of it.
Even if you could age a thousand years After the crib and breast; it would be an inch To eternity, a blink of an eyelid compared To the slowest of the turning spheres.