Abstract
Andrea di Bonaiuto's Via Veritatis mural in the chapter house of the Dominican priory of S. Maria Novella in Florence partially quotes the Purgatory of Saint Patrick in Todi, uncovered in the mid-1970s. On the basis of this connection and a close reading of Jacopo Passavanti's contemporary Specchio della vera penitenza, the penitential iconography of the Via Veritatis is reaffirmed, along with that of the Navicella mural located in the vault directly above it. This reexamination of the program of the Via Veritatis reveals an inventive and selective vantage point that excludes from penance all that may be painful.
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