XI/2 The dry and somewhat sepulchral nature of worthy scholarship hangs about this image which depicts the tombstone of Anastasius. It is unfortunate that Dante, for whom the distinction of temporal and spiritual power was all important in his political theory, should have mixed up Pope Anastasius with the Emperor of the same name. I have tried to make the picture akin to a nineteenth century book-illustration of a classical inscription (the lettering was drawn up by Pella Erskine-Tulloch) overlaid by a sharp rap on the scholastic knuckles in the form of a brusque typewritten correction. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.