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Oderisi in Dante's Divine Comedy

Oderisi appears in Canto XI of Dante Alighieri's Purgatory on the terrace of pride. 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. Oderisi is described to represent the pride of art and fame. He recognized Dante from beneath his burden and called out to the poet who then remembered his face. Dante responds to Oderisi and refers to him as "the honor of Gubbio and of that art which they in Paris call illumination?" Oderisi replies as an example of humility, brushing off Dante's praise stating that his pupil, Franco Bolognese, is more worthy of it. He then engages with Dante emphasizing the ills brought about by earthly vanity and the reality of fleeting earthly fame.