Galileo Before the Inquisition
“The convent of Santa Maria sopra Minerva, Rome, June 22, 1633. The old astronomer kneels before ten cardinals in a hall hung with tapestries. Foreground shows a clerk reading the abjuration aloud and Galileo's hand on a Bible; midground reveals Inquisitors in red biretta and a notary writing; sunlight cuts through high windows onto cold marble.”
