Dante's Vista Nova for the Twenty First Century

Can we in the twenty first century see the "new vista" that Dante saw over 700 years ago?

Let's listen first to the words of St. Bernard of Clairvaux as heard by Dante

"Riguarda omai nella faccia che a Cristo piu' si somiglia, che' la sua chiarezza sola ti puo' disporre a veder Cristo"

"Look now on the face that most resembles Christ, for only her brightness can fit thee to see Christ"
Paradise Canto XXXII, 85-87


And then the words of Dante within himself

"O luce eterna che sola in te sidi, sola t'intendi, e da te intelletta e intendente te ami e arridi! Quella circulazion che si' concetta pareva in te come lume reflesso dalli occhi miei alquanto circunspetta, dentra da se', del suo colore stesso, mi parve pinta della nostra effige; per che'l mio viso in lei tutto era messo, Qual e' 'l geometra che tutto s'affige per misurar lo cerchio, e non ritrova, pensando, quel principio onde'elli indige, tal era io a quella vista nova: veder volea come si convenne l'imago al cerchio e come vi s'indova; ma non eran da cio' le proprie penne: se non che la mia menta fu percossa da un fulgore in che sua voglia venne. All'alta fantasia qui manco' possa; ma gia' volgeva il mio disio e 'l velle, si come rota ch'igulamente e' mossa, l'amor che move il sole e l'altre stelle."

"O Light Eternal, that alone abidest in Thyself, alone knowest Thyself, and, known to Thyself and knowing, lovest and smilest on Thyself!. That circling which, thus begotten, appeared in Thee as reflected light, when my eyes dwelt on it for a time, seemed to me, within it and in its own colour, painted with our likeness, for which my sight was wholly given to it.


Like the geometer who sets all his mind to the squaring of the circle and for all his thinking does not discover the principle he needs,, such was I at that new vista. I wished to see how the image was fitted to the circle and how it has its place there; but my own wings were not sufficient for that had not my mind been struck by a flash of light wherein my desire came to pass; Here power failed the high fantasy; but now my desire and will, like a wheel that spins with even motion, were revolved by the Love that moves the sun and the other stars."
Paradise Canto XXXIII, 125-145

Is this climax of the Divine Comedy Dante's commentary upon seeing the image of the Veronica now in Manoppello? Can we see what Dante saw?