BL3286517: Paradiso, Canto XVIII. Miniature shows Dante and Beatrice hovering before the half figure of Cacciaguida, who is on the periphery of the Heaven of Mars, which has the winged figure of Mars in its centre. Dante is shown the eight holy warriors who appear in the form of a cross. They are from the Old Testament, history, and medieval romance. Joshua and Judas Maccabaeus; Charlemagne, Godefroi de Bouillon and Robert Guiscard; Roland, William of Orange and Reynard, Paolo, Giovanni di (c.1389-1482) / Bridgeman Images