XXIII/3 In this circle the hypocrites are found wearing leaden cloaks gilded over. This seemed particularly pertinent to Dante by virtue of the etymology of the word that appears in the 12th Century dictionary of Uguccione de Bagni: i. e. YPER meaning 'above' and CRISIS meaning 'gold'. It is a good example of bad information making good art since the etymology is quite erroneous. In the original printing gold screen-ink covered a base of lead-black (graphite) to echo the metaphor in physical terms. The false etymology is featured in a design made from the same piece of coarse monkish hessian quoted for the Franciscan imagery of Canto XVI/3. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.