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The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri

Note 507 — CANTO XVII.

James Romanes Sibbald translation

A pregnant sow: The azure lion on a golden field was the arms of the Gianfigliazzi, eminent usurers of Florence; the white goose on a red ground was the arms of the Ubriachi of Florence; the azure sow, of the Scrovegni of Padua.

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