Index
A
Aaron, 132 , 397
Abrams, Richard, 418
Act, and potency, 93 , 113 , 117 , 374 –376, 395
Actaeon, 378
Adam, 94 , 132 , 237 , 241 , 247 , 270 , 361 –364, 423 , 433
Adamo, Maestro, 199 , 417
Adam of St. Victor, 231 , 425
Adynaton (rhetorical figure), 115 , 126 –129, 132 , 162 , 253 –254, 381 , 382 , 437
Aeneas, 175 , 182 –184, 192 , 195 , 263 , 382 , 407 –409, 420
Aglianò, Sebastiano, 264
Air, sphere of, 213 ;
and the eye, 389 –390
Alain of Lille, 88 , 168 , 341 ;
Anticlaudianus,360 , 426 ;
De planctu Naturae,381 , 399 , 400
Alaur. See Zodiac
Alba (dawn song), 239 , 246
Alberigo, Frate, 220 , 221 –222
Albertus Magnus, 36 –45, 200 , 366 , 371 ;
De animalibus,374 , 418 ;
De causis et processu universitatis,339 , 349 ;
De homine, 402 –403;
De natura loci,338 ;
In librum de anima,381 ;
In librum de causis,347 ;
Mineralium liber,37 –45, 274 , 338 –339, 367 –368, 375 , 377 , 388 , 395 –396, 416 , 424 , 437 , 438 , 443 ;
Physica, 374 –375;
Super Dionysium de divinis nominibus,341 , 343 , 391 , 393 –394, 411
Alexander of Hales, 347
Alfonsi, Luigi, 18
Alfonsine tables, 7
Alfonso X of Spain, 362
Alhazen, 412
Alighieri, Dante. See Dante
Alighieri, Gemma di Manetto de' Donati, 2 , 47 , 332
Alighieri, Iacopo di Dante, 332
Alighieri, Pietro di Dante, 332
Allard, Guy-H., 341
Allegory, in the petrose,128 , 173 –175, 181 –183
Allers, Rudolf, 332
Alpetragius, 349
Alpha and Omega, 15 –17, 187 , 235 , 241 , 335 –336
Amor (god), 165 , 180 –183, 192 –193, 407 ;
as enemy of lover's life, 170 –179, 183 –185;
as military commander, 406 –407;
relation to Christ, 150 –153, 392 –393;
as simulacrum, 182 ;
sources of, 180 –181;
weapons of, 413
Amor (term), 180 , 392
Amos, Book of, 382 –383, 436
Amphion, 168 , 219 –223, 244 , 399 , 424
Analogy:
in names of God, 390 ;
in order of terms, 162 –163;
of proportion, 395
Anaphora, 17 , 105 , 177 , 178 , 351 , 372
Anchises, 183 , 263 , 337
Andreas Capellanus, De amore,371 , 402
Andrieu, Michel, 440
Angelitti, Filippo, 352
Angels:
as heavenly movers, 35 –36, 39 –42, 86 , 229 –232, 366 –368, 418 ;
relation to God, 36 –42
Angiolieri, Cecco, 404
Annunciation, 244 , 247 , 425 , 434 ;
date of, 206
Antaeus, 218 , 223 , 249
Antiphrasis, 175 , 419
Antistrophe:
in astronomy, 123 , 135 –136;
in choral ode, 30 –31;
in rhetoric, 123 , 136 , 178 , 372
Aphrodite, 353
Apocalypse of St. John, 135 , 267 , 270 , 431
Apokatastasis, 251 , 437
Apollo, 120 , 214 , 255 –256. See also Sun
Apostles, 94 , 242 , 247 ;
compared to heavenly bodies, 368 –369
Apostrophe, 158 –161, 392
Aquarius (zodiacal sign), 213 , 216 , 423
Aquinas, St. Thomas (character), 237
Aquinas, Thomas, 339 ;
astrological views of, 34 –36, 43 –45, 366 , 382 ;
De veritate,367 ;
In Aristotelis librum de anima commentarium,371 , 380 –381, 414 , 423 , 426 ;
In librum dionysium de divinis nominibus,
Aquinas, Thomas
341 , 342 –343, 384 ;
Summa contra gentiles,367 , 390 , 398 ;
Summa theologica,338 , 390 , 391 , 392 , 395 , 409 , 410 , 413 , 425 , 426 ;
Super librum de causis,347 , 365
Arc of life, 74 , 429
Aries (constellation), 249
Aries (zodiacal sign), 78 , 198 , 205 –208, 242 , 249 , 252 , 351 , 356 , 374 , 419 , 435
Aristotle:
as auctor, 242 ;
on color, 389 ;
doctrine of unmoved mover, 14 , 158 ;
on formation of minerals, 34 –36;
on generic and particular, 58 ;
on heavenly spheres, 38 , 388 ;
on intelligence in Nature, 42 ;
on primacy of heart, 371 ;
on semen, tumescence, and orgasm, 82 , 371 , 374 ;
De anima, 43 –44, 366 , 371 ;
De caelo, 351 ;
De generatione animalium,374 ;
De generatione et corruptione,374 ;
De insomniis,412 ;
Metaphysics,374 –375;
Meteorologica,34 ,
Mineralogica,338 ;
Physics, 44 , 269 , 391 –392, 442 ;
Politics, 400 ;
Problemata,353
Armstrong, A. H., 334
Arnaldo da Villanova, 406
Arnold of Saxony, 338
Arnulf of Orleans, 378 , 415
Arrow and teleology, 185 –191, 404 , 407 , 409 –413
Art, human:
affected by astrological influences, 43 –45, 94 , 107 , 147 , 246 , 386 ;
analog of influence of heavens, 41 –45, 94 , 147 –148, 162 –163, 230 –232, 367 –369.
See also Sciences
Ascanius, 408
Astrology, in the petrose,8 –9, 72 –74, 76 , 78 , 79 –107, 94 , 142 –143, 147 , 150 –151, 246
Auctores, Dante and his, 239 –243
Auerbach, Erich, 337 , 382
Augustine of Hippo, 335 , 402 –403;
City of God,270 , 413 –414, 433 ;
Confessions,158 , 184 , 186 , 367 –369, 387 , 391 , 410 –411, 413 –414;
De doctrina christiana,390 ;
De Genesi ad litteram,224 , 424 ;
De trinitate,269 ;
Enarrationes in Psalmos,424
Austin, H. D., 375 , 376 , 381
Averroës, 349 , 365 , 366 , 371 , 441
Avicenna, 54 , 338 , 349 , 365
B
Babylon, 224
Bademagus, King, 407
Baker, David J., 421 , 422 –423
Baldelli, Ignazio, 166 , 167 , 373 , 414 , 415 , 419 , 425 , 433
Baptistery (Florence), 248 –249, 383 , 435
Barach, C. S., 370
Barbi, Michele, 1 , 339 –340, 345 , 349 , 378
Barkan, Leonard, 332 , 378 , 415
Barolini, Teodolinda, 418
Bartolozzi, Vanni, 109 , 120 , 373 , 375 , 378
Battaglia, Salvatore, 375 , 443
Beatific vision, 52 , 126 , 170 , 187 , 191 , 414
Beatrice:
in the Commedia,5 , 93 , 199 –257 passim;
death of, 53 , 419 ;
compared with Donna pietra,197 –198;
and "pargoletta," 5 ;
in the Vita nuova,47 , 53 –69, 95 , 117 , 187 .
See also Eyes
Beggiato, Fabrizio, 373
Benvenuto da Imola, 88 , 424 , 425 , 439
Bergin, Thomas G., 403
Bernard of Clairvaux, 414
Bernard Silvester:
Commentary on Martianus Capella, 88 –89, 360 –362;
De mundi universitate,88 , 97 –102, 347 –348, 370 , 371 , 381 , 424
Bernart de Ventadour, "Tant ai mo cor ple de joya," 350
Bertagni, Renzo, 332
Bettmann, Karl, 362
Bezold, C., 385
Bible, as firmament, 242 , 368
Birth, theme of, in Dante's works, 72 , 83 , 91 –96, 107 –108, 222 , 242 , 246 –248, 256 –258, 420 ;
cosmological views, 26 –30, 37 , 53 –54, 69 , 99 –100
Blasucci, Luigi, 331 , 332 , 417 –418, 421 , 433 , 436
Bloch, Marc, 264 , 438
Bloch, R. Howard, 392
Bloom, Harold, 384
Bober, Harry, 362
Boccaccio, Giovanni, 84 ;
as editor of Dante, 165 , 349 , 396 , 397 ;
Decameron, 357 , 390 , 396 , 441 ;
Esposizioni sopra il Dante,331 –332, 354 , 365 , 424 ;
Genealogie deorum gentilium,357 , 415 , 416 ;
Trattatello in laude di Dante,331 , 356 –357
Bocca degli Abati, 221 , 252
Body analogy. See Microcosm
Body, Glorified, 253
Boethius, 8 –9, 53 –54, 66 –68, 430 , 431 ;
De Musica, 168 , 333 , 399 –400;
Institutio arithmetica,398 .
See also Consolatio Philosophiae
Boffitto, J., 354 , 364
Boitani, Piero, 424
Boll, Franz, 358 , 385
Bonagiunta da Lucca, 202 , 403
Bonaventura of Bagnoregio, 347 ;
Collationes in Hexaemeron,425
Bonaventura, St. (character), 237
Bondanella, Peter, 372
Boniface VIII, Pope, 2
Bosco, Umberto, 431 , 436
Boyde, Patrick, 71 , 155 –156, 177 , 208 , 332 , 337 –338, 344 , 345 , 349 , 354 , 365 , 367 , 372 , 390 , 397 , 399 , 401 –402, 404 , 407 , 419
Brague, Rémi, 333
Brey-Mariño, Maria, 339 , 362
Brundage, James, 440
Büchner, Karl, 333
Buonarrotti, Michelangelo, self-portrait (Sistine Chapel), 257
Burke, Kenneth, 162 , 394 –395
Busnelli, G., 369
Buti, Francesco da, 439
Buti, Giovanni, 332
C
Cacciaguida, 51 , 263 –267, 274 , 276 , 439 –442
Caina, 219 , 231
Calcidius, 8 , 29 –30, 90 , 124 , 333 , 352 , 379 , 428 , 429
Calendar:
ecclesiastical, 206 , 354 , 364 ;
Julian, 251 , 254 –255, 270
Camiscion de' Pazzi, 423
Cancer (constellation), 363 , 365
Cancer (zodiacal sign), 130 –131, 216 , 252 –253, 355 , 365 , 381 , 435
Canzone stanza, 22 –32, 144 –145, 147 ;
parts of, see next entry;
relation of sententia to form of, 26 –27, 75 –76, 125 –126, 145 –149, 176 –179;
settenarii in, 20 , 75 –76, 176 , 398 , 400 .
See also Choral ode; Dante, works of: De vulgari eloquentia; Microcosm; Same and Other
Canzone stanza, parts of:
claves, 24 , 144 ;
concatenatio,26 –28, 31 –32, 75 , 144 , 403 ;
diesis, 23 –24, 26 –29, 31 , 75 –76, 177 , 374 ;
frons, 24 , 25 , 178 ;
pedes, 24 , 177 –178, 352 , 403 ;
sirma, 23 –24, 26 –27, 75 –76, 112 , 177 –178;
versus, 24 , 27 –29
Cattabiani, Alfredo, 436
Cavalcanti, Cavalcante de', 265 , 441
Cavalcanti, Guido:
in Boccaccio, 441 ;
in Commedia,435 , 441 ;
in De vulgari eloquentia,19 ;
in Vita nuova,4 , 19 , 400 , 407 ;
reply to "Già eran quasi," 55 ;
"Donna mi prega," 181 –182, 405 , 407
Centesma negletta,251 –255
Chadwick, Henry, 333
Chamberlain, D. S., 18 , 333
Chanson de Roland,337
Charles of Valois, 441 , 444
Chatelain, Etienne, 367
Chaucer, Geoffrey, 168 , 353 ;
Troilus and Criseyde,194 , 424
Chenu, M. D., 332
Cherchi, Paolo, 381
Chiampi, James, 422 , 423
Chiasmus, 237 , 240 , 429
Chiron, 223
Choral ode, and two motions of heavens, 30 –31, 169 , 236 , 428
Christ:
allegorical sense refers to, 128 ;
and Amor, 158 –161, 392 –393;
as androgyne, 348 , 362 ;
Beatrice as analog of, 64 –65, 68 ;
Cross and celestial chi,240 , 427 ;
Harrowing of Hell, 344 ;
Incarnation of, 247 ;
as light, 160 –161, 392 ;
as Logos, 410 ;
as Logos, in "Amor, tu vedi ben," 158 , 161 ;
as Logos, in Augustine, 158 , 387 ;
as Logos, in Boethius, 335 ;
as Logos, in the Gospel of John, 391 ;
as Logos, searching, 412 ;
his love for the Church, 247 , 414 (see also Song of Songs);
names of, 6 , 158 –160, 391 ;
as perfect man, 237 ;
second coming, 126 –129;
as sun, 158 , 427 , 433 –434;
Triumph of, 240 –244, 432 –434;
union of natures in, 232 , 426
Church:
as Body of Christ, 224 ;
as Bride of Christ, 247 , 425 , 430 , 434 ;
creation of, signified by Genesis 1 , 367 –368
Cicero, Marcus Tullius, 437 ;
De amiciia, 53 , 340 ;
De natura deorum,359 ;
De oratore,372 ;
Somnium Scipionis,8 , 30 , 122
Cino da Pistoia, 19
Cioffari, Vincenzo, 375 , 378
Clergy, as heavenly bodies, 94 , 239 –243, 368 –369, 431
Clytie, 116 , 120 –121, 377 –379
Coblas:
capcaudadas,177 ;
capfinidas,177 , 404
Cocito, 168 , 215 , 217 –224, 249 , 252 , 423 –424
Comens, Bruce, 2 , 6 , 375 , 396 –397, 415 , 418
Commentary, reticent, in the Vita nuova,56 , 341 , 342 –343. See also Division
Consolatio Philosophiae (Boethius):
Hercules in, 424 ;
music in, 333 ;
as Neoplatonic source, 8 ;
structure in, 18 ;
on stylistic decorum, 399 , 424 ;
symmetry of meters in, 333 , 348 ;
and Vita nuova,53 –54, 66 , 348
—"O qui perpetua mundum ratione gubernas," 12 –18, 333 –336;
Alpha and Omega in, 16 –18, 235 ;
and "Al poco giorno," 124 –126;
and "Amor, tu vedi ben," 163 ;
and Augustine, 413 –414;
and Commedia,126 ;
and "Così nel mio parlar," 413 ;
and "Donne ch'avete," 66 –68;
medieval commentaries of, 333 –334;
Consolatio Philosophiae
and Paradiso,227 –230, 232 –236, 250 ;
World-Soul in, 124 –126, 349 .
See also Microcosm; Neoplatonism; Same and Other; World-Soul
Constantinus Africanus, De communibus locis,370 –371
Contini, Gianfranco, 1 , 6 , 109 , 150 , 155 , 163 , 165 , 188 , 199 –200, 261 –263, 331 , 349 , 373 –378, 382 , 384 , 390 , 396 , 399 , 401 –405, 410 , 412 , 417 , 418 , 421 , 436
Convenienia,424
Conversio, astronomical, 119 , 121 , 128 –129, 136 ;
in rhetoric, 136 , 372
Cornford, F. M., 9 –10, 269 , 332 , 352 , 442
Corti, Maria, 407
Cosmo, Umberto, 425
Cosmology, Dante's views on, 3 –8, 19 , 26 –30, 43 ;
birth of, 106 –108, 261 –267;
poetic ingegno as bodily, 43 –45, 106 –107;
poetic license, 177 , 403 ;
as response to crisis and risk, 48 –52, 258 .
See also Art, human; Canzone stanza; Cycles, cosmic; Dante, works of:
De vulgari eloquentia; Microcosm; Same and Other
Costa, Gustavo, 365
Coulter, James G., 332
Courcelle, Pierre, 12 , 334 , 349 , 354
Courtly love, code of, 47 , 48 , 172 , 183 , 194 –195, 349 –350, 402 , 405 , 415
Crabbe, Anne, 333
Crater (constellation), 363
Creed, Athanasian, 431
Crescini, Vincenzo, 403 –404
Cristo (term), 238 ;
in rhyme, 429 , 440
Crombie, A. C., 332 , 338
Crystal, 33 , 424 –425, 436 –437;
as burning glass, 163 , 388 ;
and Cocito, 219 –223;
cosmos as, 139 , 253 ;
of the eye, 153 –155, 162 , 219 , 224 , 229 , 231 –232, 388 –389, 426 –427;
heavens as, 162 , 388 –389, 436 , 437 ;
in Paradiso,273 –276;
poem as, 139 , 224 , 254 ;
production of, 38 , 74 , 117 , 140 –144, 146 –147, 150 –151, 218 , 423 ;
as term, 33 , 253 –254, 273 –276.
See also Eye; Microcosm; Stones
Crystalline heaven, 252 –253, 388 , 436
Cudini, Piero, 110 , 113 , 271 , 373 , 374 , 380 , 381
Curry, Walter J., 353
Curtius, E. R., 350 , 381
Cycles, cosmic, and literary structure, 18 , 72 –74, 77 –80, 107 , 122 –124, 127 –128, 135 , 144 –145
D
d'Alverny, Marie Thérèse, 332 , 369
Damon, Phillip, 349 , 351
Dance, of stars and planets, 236 , 428 ;
of theologians, 428
Daniel, Arnaut: and "Così nel mio parlar," 415 ;
and "Lo doloroso amor," 417 ;
extent of influence on Dante, 350 ;
and "Io son venuto," 350 ;
sirventes of, 414 ;
and trobar clus,350 ;
works of, see next entry
Daniel, Arnaut, works of:
"Entre 'l taur e'l doble signe" (attrib.), 419
"Lo ferm voler q'el cor m'intra":
and "Al poco giorno," 133 –134;
Biblical references in, 132 ;
Dante's use of, 109 , 128 –129, 401 ;
form of, 116 , 379 , 380 ;
and Raimbaut de Vacquciras, 402 ;
rhyme-words in, 130 , 383 , 437 ;
sexual references in, 381 , 413 ;
tornada of, 132 –134, 383
Daniel, Book of, 382 , 431
Daniélou, Jean, 362
Dante, life of:
accusation of barratry, 215 ;
baptism, 248 –250, 435 ;
date of birth, 2 , 72 , 84 –87, 331 –332, 355 –356, 365 ;
date of death, 331 –332;
development, 2 –6, 50 –52, 53 –54, 69 , 91 –94, 199 –258
passim; exile, 3 , 242 , 264 –265;
horoscope of, 72 , 84 –91, 242 , 254 , 364 , 365 ;
marriage, 2 , 47 ;
nobility, 266 ;
orthodoxy, 365 –366, 429
Dante, works of:
"Aï faux ris" (attrib.), 403
Canzoni:
"Amor, che movi tua virtù dal cielo," 19 , 392 ; "
Amor che ne la mente mi ragiona," 349 , 411 –412, 418 ;
"Amor, da che convien pur ch'io mi doglia," 392 ;
"Doglia mi reca nel core ardire," 403 ;
"Le dolci rime," 397 ;
"Lo doloroso amor che mi conduce," 402 , 417 ;
"E' m'incresce di me sì duramente," 397 , 401 , 404 ;
"Io sento sì d'Amor la gran possanza," 24 , 28 , 445 ;
"Poscia ch'Amor del tutto m'ha lasciato," 4 , 351 , 376 , 444 –445;
"Tre donne intorno al cor mi son venute," 402 , 415 ;
"Voi ch'intendendo il terzo ciel movete," 1 , 418
Commedia:
and Albertus Magnus, 37 ;
arrow metaphor in, 185 –191, 409 –410;
astrological basis of, 364 ;
astronomy in, 7 –8, 254 ;
body analogy in, 107 ;
and Convivio,19 ;
Dante's birth in, 91 –93;
fictional date of, 364 –365, 419 ;
frères ennemis in, 88 ;
and Macrobius, 363 ;
and "O qui perpetua," 14 , 125 –126;
and petrose, 1 –3, 6 , 197 –198, 220 , 331 , 399 ;
petrose as anticipating,
46 –52, 131 , 162 , 240 ;
and Psalm 113 , 128 , 382 ;
use of almanach in, 84 ;
in the Vita nuova,69 , 343 –344.
See also Art, human; Horoscopes; Inferno; Microcosm; Paradiso; Purgatorio; Same and Other
Convivio, 3 , 19 , 69 , 339 ;
Book 1, 410 , 434 , 438 ;
Book 2, 53 –54, 66 , 198 , 243 , 270 , 339 –340, 351 , 369 , 373 –374, 377 , 394 , 399 , 409 , 412 , 432 –433;
Book 3, 122 , 213 , 236 , 342 , 351 , 375 , 376 , 377 , 379 , 411 –412;
Book 4, 44 , 365 , 397 , 418 , 431 , 442 ;
canzoni of, 1 , 4 , 349
De vulgari eloquentia,19 –20, 336 –337;
annotations on Book 2, 443 –445;
Horace cited in, 433 , 443 ;
metaphor of birth in, 261 –267;
metaphor of knightly investiture in, 261 –267, 438 –442;
poems cited in, 19 –20;
and theory of canzone, see next entry
De vulgari eloquentia, and theory of canzone, 19 –32;
arrow metaphor, 409 –410;
compared with ballata and sonnet, 20 ;
harsh and smooth words and rhymes, 167 –169, 261 –263, 398 –400, 421 , 423 –424 (see also Harshness);
metaphor of binding, 22 , 25 –30;
metaphor of weaving, 400 , 413 ;
and music, 20 –25;
rhyme, repercussion of, see Rhyme;
stanza and cosmogonic space, see Space, stanza as;
stanza forms, 22 –30, 72 –73, 75 , 109 , 135 , 144 –145, 168 , 403 , 444 –445;
verses, weight of, 403 ;
and vulgare illustre, theory of, 19 –20, 167 –169.
See also Canzone stanza; Cosmology; Microcosm; Same and Other
Ecloge, 434 –438
Epistole, 377 , 378 , 382 , 436
Fiore (doubtful), 181 , 375
Monarchia, 95 , 96 , 126 , 346 –348, 377 , 410 , 420 , 434
"Nulla mi parve" (doubtful), 378 –379
Rime petrose:
adultery, question of in, 46 –47;
and Aeneid 4 , 382 ;
birth of poetics of, 48 , 106 –108;
and Cocito, linked by, 219 ;
Arnaut Daniel in, 109 ;
date of, 2 , 79 –81, 270 , 352 –356;
fictional chronology of, 46 , 110 , 139 ;
metrical schemes of, 22 –29;
problematic, 45 –52;
and Raimbaut d'Aurenga, 71 , 349 , 402 ;
relation to Dante's later studies, 365 –366;
terms for stones in, 33 .
See also Microcosm; Stones; and individual canzoni below
—"Al poco giorno e al gran cerchio d'ombra," 109 –137, 372 –384;
and "Amor, tu vedi ben," 46 , 144 , 162 ;
and Commedia,205 , 207 , 211 , 232 , 236 , 252 –253, 416 , 419 –438 passim;
and "Così nel mio parlar," 167 , 175 ;
and De vulgari eloquentia, cited in, 19 ;
and "Io son venuto," 46 ;
name of heliotrope in, 33 ;
night circle in, 146 , 211 , 353 ;
numerology, 269 –271, 380 , 442 ;
return of spring in, 46
—"Amor, tu vedi ben che questa donna," 138 –164, 372 , 384 –396;
and "Al poco giorno," 114 , 115 , 118 , 128 , 131 , 135 ;
and Commedia,198 , 209 , 217 –219, 224 –232, 235 –236, 240 , 253 –254, 415 –438 passim;
and "Così nel mio parlar," 167 –168, 175 , 180 , 188 ;
and De vulgari eloquentia, cited in, 19 , 261 –267;
and divine names, 341 ;
and Guinzelli, 376 ;
and "Io son venuto," 390 ;
and "O qui perpetua," 336 ;
repercussion of rhymes in, 180 , 261 –267;
rhyme-words in, 261 –267 (see also Rhyme-words)
—"Così nel mio parlar voglio esser aspro," 165 –198, 396 –417;
and "Al poco giorno," 118 ;
and "Amor, tu vedi ben," 151 , 188 , 388 ;
and Commedia,51 –52, 199 –200, 220 –222, 236 , 254 , 406 , 423 –424;
fantasy of revenge in, 118 ;
hairy and smooth words in, 167 –169, 423 –424;
lover's goal in, 47 –48, 52 ;
suicide as theme in, 221
—"Io son venuto al punto de la rota," 71 –108, 339 , 349 –372;
and Aeneid 4 , 71 , 349 ;
and "Al poco giorno," 109 –115, 131 , 135 , 146 , 373 –376;
and "Amor, tu vedi ben," 141 , 143 –146, 150 –151, 387 , 390 ;
and Commedia,199 , 202 –222, 232 , 235 , 253 , 364 , 416 –438 passim;
and "Così nel mio parlar," 165 –167, 175 –176, 182 , 184 , 198 , 403 ;
horoscope implied by, 112 –113, 146 , 182 , 204 , 205 , 253 , 353 –356, 364
Sonnets:
"Chi guarderà già mai," 376 ;
"Com più vi fere Amor co' suoi vincastri," 399 ;
"Guido, vorrei che tu e Lapo ed io," 404
Tenzone with Forese Donati, 417
Vita nuova, 1 , 4 , 19 , 47 , 54 –55, 399 , 401 , 417 ;
adultery, question of in, 47 ;
Amor in, 180 , 182 , 392 –393;
analogy of Beatrice with Christ in, 64 –65;
Christ in, 392 –393;
Consolatio Philosophiae, as influence in, 12 , 53 , 66 , 340 ;
date of, 53 ;
and De vulgari eloquentia, reference to in, 19 ;
division
Dante, Vita nuova
in, 55 –69;
and Brunetto Latini, 341 , 342 ;
as microcosmic, 3 , 19 ;
Neoplatonism in, 68 –69;
revision of, 68 –69, 349
—Chapter 1, 216 , 423 ;
Chapter 2, 406 ;
Chapter 3, 392 , 412 ;
Chapter 5, 402 ;
Chapter 12, 392 ;
Chapter 19, 53 –70, 187 , 341 –349;
Chapter 23, 436 ;
Chapter 24, 392 –393;
Chapter 25, 341 , 343 , 390 –391, 393 , 405 , 407 ;
Chapter 29, 345
—"Donne ch'avete intelletto d'amore," 55 –70, 341 –349;
and "Amor, tu vedi ben," 139 , 159 , 161 –163, 385 ;
and "Così nel mio parlar," 187 ;
in De vulgari eloquentia,19 –20;
metrical scheme of, 24 –25, 27 , 32 , 144 , 403 ;
in Paradiso,221 –231.
See also Microcosm
—"Erano quasi ch'atterzate l'ore," 418
—"Li occhi dolenti," 404
—"Oltre la spera che più largo gira," 66 , 159
—'Tanto gentile e tanto onesta pare," 29
Daphne, 377
David, King, 242 , 442
Davis, Charles T., 340 , 341
Death, as theme of petrose,4 –5, 82 , 84 , 101 , 103 –106, 108 , 139 , 156 –157, 164 , 170 , 171 –175, 180 , 390 , 405 , 406 –409
De Bruyne, Edgar, 341 , 384 –385, 393 –394, 396
de Fine Licht, George, 390
Denifle, Henri, 367
"De ramis cadunt folia," 71 , 350
De Riquer, Martín, 402
De Robertis, Domenico, 340 , 341 , 342 , 344
Descort, 177 , 403 –404
Dido, 71 , 175 , 180 –184, 187 , 194 , 195 , 382 , 405 , 407 –409, 420
Diesis. See Canzone stanza, parts of di Girolamo, Costanzo, 373 , 374 , 399 , 404 –405, 413 , 415
Dionysius the Areopagite (Pseudo-), 54 , 187 , 335 ;
De divinis nominibus,54 , 340 –343, 384 –385, 391 , 394 , 411 .
See also Light; Neoplatonism
Dionysus, 353
Dis, City of, 223
Division, as method of commentary:
in Albertus Magnus, 343 ;
in Aquinas, 342 ;
in the Vita nuova,55 –69
Division, metaphysical: in Dante, 62 –63;
in Eriugena, 341 , 344 –346, 348 ;
in Maximus the Confessor, 346 , 348
Dolce stil nuovo, 4 , 116 , 203 , 405
Domínguez-Rodríguez, Ana, 362
Dominic, St., 236 –240, 360 , 369 , 428 –430, 434 ;
life of, 237 –240
Dominican order, 51 , 237 , 360 , 365 , 428 –430
Dondaine, H. F., 340
Donna pietra:
clothing, 116 –119, 134 –135, 189 –190, 192 (see also Ornatus; Sexual references);
fantasy of her desire, 165 , 178 , 189 –190, 193 –195;
fantasy of rape, 193 –196;
identity, 1 , 47 ;
transformation, 116 –119, 149 –151;
youth, 83 –84, 104 , 116 .
See also Hair; Medusa
Dragonetti, Roger, 133 , 269 , 270 , 274 , 379 , 418 , 432 –434
Dronke, Peter, 165 , 191 , 193 , 195 , 331 , 341 , 370 , 404 , 427 , 429 –430
Durling, Nancy Vine, 337
Durling, Robert M., 72 , 105 , 112 , 118 , 119 , 223 , 269 , 270 , 333 , 343 , 357 , 362 , 366 , 369 , 371 –373, 383 , 392 , 424 , 441
E
Earth (element), 37 –38, 40 –41, 82 , 117 , 218
Earth (planet), 8 , 10 , 72 –73, 75 , 77 , 102 , 217 –218, 249
Easter, date of, 354 , 435
Ecliptic, 8 , 10 , 16 , 75 , 76 , 77 , 233 –236, 238 , 363 , 374 , 380 , 383 , 433 –434
Eden, Garden of, 215 , 354 , 364 , 421 –422
Edgerton, Samuel, 412
Egypt, 241
Elements:
and alphabet, 336 ;
combined in the sublunar, 37 , 98 , 167 , 336 ;
and the senses, 98 ;
transformations of, 37 , 140 –142, 159 , 163
Elijah, 266
Eliseo, 266
Elishah, 266
Empyrean, 35 –36, 228 , 252 , 276 , 436
Enclosure:
cosmic, 75 , 142 , 157 –158, 162 , 163 , 174 ;
meter as, 424 ;
and stanzaform, 26 –30, 75 , 130 , 132 , 141 –143, 148 –149, 155 , 372
Epicurus, 409
Epiphanius of Constantinople, 338
Equator, 8 , 10 , 91 , 233 , 238 , 352 , 375
Equinox, 10 , 91 , 124 , 233 , 238 ;
autumnal, 207 ;
vernal, 205 , 206 –208, 215 , 246 , 249 , 254 –255, 430 , 442
Equinoxes, 352 ;
precession of, 339 , 432 , 437 , 442
Eriugena, Johannes Scottus, 54 , 340 –341;
as translator, 340 –341, 344 –345;
Annotationes in Marcianum,360 ;
De divisione naturae,340 , 344 –348, 370
Eschatology, in the petrose,126 –129, 135 , 161 –162
Eteocles and Polynices, 88
Etymology, figure, 226 –227, 394 –395, 438
Evans, Joan, 338 , 375 , 376 , 397
Eve, 96 , 361 , 362
Everard the German, 380
Exodus, Book of, 397
Eye:
centric ray of, 412 ;
and cosmos, 229 , 231 , 389 –390;
poem as, 153 –155, 231 .
See also Crystal; Microcosm
Eyes:
Beatrice's, 57 , 63 –64, 187 , 198 , 232 , 411 –412;
Donna pietra 's, 47 –48, 129 –130, 142 –143, 153 , 187 –190, 193 , 196 ;
the lover's, 47 –48, 153 , 155 , 160 , 171 , 193
F
Faral, Edmond, 400 –401, 409
Fargani, al-, 9 , 90 , 362 , 433
Farinata degli Uberti, 265 , 426 , 441
Father, figures of. See Ugolino, Count
Favati, Guido, 412
Fenzi, Enrico, 71 , 119 –120, 331 , 349 , 350 –351, 372 , 373 , 377 , 387 , 401 , 403 , 404 , 415
Ferguson, Margaret W., 409
Fernando-Guerra, A., 339
Ferrante, Joan, 237 , 430
Feudalism, in courtly love, 194 , 405
Fiedler, Leslie, 373 , 375 , 381 , 383 –384
Figures, rhetorical. See Adynaton; Allegory; Anaphora; Antiphrasis; Antistrophe; Catachresis; Conversio; Etymology; Gemination; Homonymy; Inversion; Metalepsis; Metaphor; Metonymy; Ornatus; Paranomasia; Personification; Troping; Zeugma
Firmament (Genesis 1), as Bible, 368 –369
Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis,9 , 357 , 358
Fleece, Golden, 249 , 258 , 435
Flegias, 223
Florence (city):
Dante's desire to return to, 241 –242, 248 –250, 258 ;
in European politics, 50 , 206 ;
hostility to Dante, 51 , 332 ;
latitude of, 80 ;
longitude of, 355 ;
personified, and Donna pietra,51 ;
prophecies regarding, 254 –255.
See also Baptistery; Horoscopes
Flori, Jean, 264 , 438
Folco di Marsiglia, 276
Folena, Gianfranco, 418
Fortune, wheel of, 83
Foster, Kenelm, 155 –156, 344 , 345 , 372 , 390 , 397 , 399 , 401 , 427 , 429
Fowler, Alistair, 115 , 379 –380
Francesca da Rimini, 181 , 338
Franciscan order, 51 , 360 , 428 –430
Francis of Assisi, St., 360 , 369 , 428 –430, 434 ;
life of, 237 –240;
stigmata, 240
Freccero, John, 5 –6, 124 , 125 , 234 , 235 , 236 , 240 , 335 , 369 , 372 , 380 –383, 413 –417, 427 –430
Friedman, J. B., 337
Friedrich, Hugo, 349 , 410
Froissart, Jean, 439
Fulgentius, G. Plancias, Mythologiae,357
G
Gabriel, Archangel, 244 , 247 , 248 –249, 425 , 434
Galen, Claudius, 353 , 385 , 388 , 389
Galicia, 241
Ganges, 207
Gemination, of stylistic details, 113 , 123 –124, 136 , 209 , 220 , 226 , 236 –240, 271 , 374 , 379 –380, 406 , 427 –429
Gemini (constellation), 363 , 365
Gemini (mythological twins), 88 , 358 –359;
allegoresis of, 88 –89, 95 –96, 106 –108, 191 –192, 239 , 249 , 359 –362, 366 , 432 ;
Francis and Dominic as, 240 , 360 ;
lover and lady as, 107 –108, 183
Gemini (zodiacal sign):
cantos of, 84 –85, 130 –131, 232 , 239 , 240 –258, 364 , 369 , 423 , 430 –438;
in Dante's horoscope, 83 , 85 –87, 143 , 146 , 239 , 332 , 354 –357;
iconography of, 362 ;
identification of Twins, 88 , 96 , 239 , 362 ;
invocation of, 43 , 91 –96, 239 , 355 –356, 369 ;
in "Io son venuto," 77 –95, 112 –113;
in Martianus Capella, 360 –361;
Mercury in, 355 , 357 ;
in Milky Way, 91 , 363 , 435 ;
place of in zodiac, 380 ;
rising, 88 , 95 , 106 , 206 , 257 ;
Saturn in, 356 ;
Twins as male and female, 96 , 107 –108, 361 –362;
visual representations of, 362
Genesis, Book of, account of creation, 158 , 269 , 362 , 367 , 368 –369, 400 , 425 , 432
Geoffroi de Vinsauf, 169 , 401 , 409
Gersh, Stephen, 360
Geryon, 223
Ghil, E. M., 352
Giacomo da Lentini, 403 , 410
Gibraltar, 355
Gibson, Margaret, 333
Giovanni del Virgilio, 378 , 434 , 435
Glossa ordinaria,443
God:
as creator, 13 –14, 26 , 62 –65, 158 –162;
as gardener, 433 ;
as goal of creation, 14 –18, 60 –65, 394 ;
as Neoplatonic One, 13 –17, 229 , 334 , 343 , 387 ;
names of, 15 –17, 157 –163, 341 –343, 391 –395;
relation with angels, 35 , 36 , 59 –60;
signature in creation, 240 ;
as
God
unmoved mover, 14 , 158 .
See also Alpha and Omega; Christ; Neoplatonism
Golden Age, 215 , 251 , 363 , 364 , 437
Golden Bough, 255 –258
Goldin, Frederick, 349 , 352
Gorgon. See Medusa
Gotto of Mantova, 24
Grant, Edward, 332 , 338
Gregory, Tullio, 125 , 332 –334, 346 , 349 , 381 , 427
Gregory of Nyssa, 54 , 346 ;
De hominis opificio,346 , 348
Gregory the Great, 346 , 369 , 370 , 434
Grosseteste, Robert, 36 –37, 97 , 341 , 369 –371
Gruber, Otto, 333 , 334
Guerri, Domenico, 51
Guido da Montefeltro, 410
Guido delle Colonne, 376 , 377
Guillaume de Lorris, Roman de la rose,389 , 405 , 426 –427
Guillaume de Saint-Thierry, 414
Guinizelli, Guido, 202 , 382 , 392 , 415 , 435 ;
"Al cor gentil rempaira sempre amor," 19 , 35 , 40 , 117 , 246 , 338 , 339 , 376 , 377 ;
"Chi vedesse a Lucia un var capuzzo," 194 , 415 ;
"Madonna il fino amor," 376 –377;
"Tegno di folle 'mpres', a lo ver dire," 377
Guittone d'Arezzo, 4 , 399 , 405
Gundel, Hans Georg, 358 , 362 , 385
Gundel, Wilhelm, 358 , 385
H
Hagen, H., 408 , 413 , 437
Hair, metaphor in rhetoric, 169 , 190 , 401 ;
sexual significance of, 189 –196.
See also Donna pietra; Ornatus
Haitham, Ibn, 338
Hardt, Manfred, 427 , 429
Häring, Nikolaus, 399
Harmony:
of human body, 398 ;
soul as, 167 , 398 ;
as union of opposites, 12 –14, 88 –89, 167 –170, 175 –178, 398 , 400 , 410 .
See also Musica mundana; Temperament
Harshness:
of music, 168 –169, 212 , 220 , 399 –400;
of words and rhyme, 167 –168, 190 , 199 , 210 , 212 , 219 , 249 , 263
Haseloff, Arthur, 362
Hauber, A., 87
Hawkins, Peter, 422
Heart, as center of poem, 100 –102, 143 –144, 173 –174, 178 , 181 , 404 . See also Microcosm; Sun
Heavens and sciences, compared, 151 , 243 , 369 , 432
Helen of Troy, 359
Heliades, 377
Heliotrope (plant and stone), 114 –116, 121 –122, 132 , 133 , 136 –137, 375 , 376
Henry VII, Emperor, 50
Hercules, 424
Hereos (sickness of love), 181 –182, 406 . See also Harmony; Medicine; Temperament
Hermes Trismegistus, 39 , 338 ;
Asclepius, 347 –348
Herrad of Landsberg, Hortus deliciarum,360
Hexaemeral literature, 231 , 373 , 425 , 432 . See also Genesis, Book of
Hildebert of Rheims, 362
Hildegard of Bingen:
Liber divinorum operum simplicis hominis,97 , 369 ;
Liber Scivias,362
Hill, R. T., 403
Hippocrates, 398
Holmgard, E. J., 338
Holy Spirit, 244 , 425 , 427 , 429
Homonymy, 133
Honorius of Autun, 270 , 425 , 442
Horace, 359 , 382 , 431 , 433 , 443
Horizon:
and influence of planet, 82 , 351 ;
man as, 95 –96, 106 –107, 112 , 159 , 200 , 345 –348;
moon as, 231 ;
soul as, 125 –127;
World-Soul as, 125 .
See also Midpoint
Horoscopes:
Beatrice's, 419 ;
in the Commedia,204 –217, 254 , 364 –365;
Dante's natal, 72 , 84 –91, 354 –356, 364 –365, 419 (see also Gemini);
of founding of Florence, 420 , 435 ;
of Inferno 1, 90 (Figure 5), 204 –205, 364 ;
of "Io son venuto," 80 –88, 92 –93, 112 –113, 146 , 182 , 204 , 205 , 353 –356, 364 ;
in Martianus Capella, 88 , 360 –361;
of Opicinus de Canistris, 357 ;
of world at creation (thema mundi ), 204 –206.
See also Houses, astrological
Hosea, Book of, 436
Hossfeld, Paul, 338
Houses, astrological, 82 , 85 , 87 , 91 , 379 –380. See also Horoscopes
Housley, Norman, 440
Housman, A. E., 363
Hrabanus Maurus, 397 , 413 , 422 –423, 436 , 437
Hübner, Wolfgang, 362
Hugh of St. Cher, 369
Humors, medical theory of. See Medicine
Hyginus:
Astronomica,359 –360;
Fabulae, 359
Hymen, 89
Hymns:
Christian, 14 ;
Greek and Roman, 14 –18
I
Iacopo da Bologna, 406
Inferno, 220 , 243 , 249 –250, 343 –344, 364 , 369
—Canto 1, 202 ;
1.1–13, 419 ;
1.17–18, 232 , 419 ;
1.37–43, 204 –205, 206 –208, 211 , 214 ;
1.38–39, 374 , 419 ;
1.60, 214 ;
1.105, 360
—Canto 2.1–5, 419 –420;
2.31, 439 ;
2.133, 414
—Canto 4, 224
—Canto 5, 181 , 224 , 417 –418;
5.46–48, 202 –203;
5.46–49, 441 ;
5.61 and 5.100, 338 ;
5.106, 405 , 406
—Canto 6, 270 , 417 –418
—Canto 7, 417 –418;
7.28, 441
—Cantos 8–9, 421
—Canto 8.42, 421
—Canto 9, 5 –6, 372 ;
9.1–42, 421
—Canto 10, 265 ;
10.68 and 10.72, 441 ;
10.80, 426
—Cantos 12–16, 224
—Canto 12, 417 –418;
12.84, 95 , 223
—Canto 13, 182 , 199 , 420
—Canto 20.127, 364
—Cantos 21–22, 199
—Cantos 24–25, 212 –217, 422 –423
—Canto 24, 417 –418;
24.1–21, 212 –217, 422 –423;
24.2 and 24.6, 212 ;
24.66, 421 ;
24.89–93, 376 ;
24.107 and 24.142–151, 212
—Canto 25, 417 –418;
25.89–93, 212
—Canto 26, 266 ;
26.8, 26.10, and 26.12, 212 ;
26.25–30, 217 ;
26.25–33, 423 ;
26.48, 266 ,
26.132–135, 422
—Canto 27.79–81, 410
—Canto 28, 199
—Canto 30, 199 , 417 –418
—Canto 31.123, 219 ;
31.142–143, 222
—Canto 32.1–5, 220 ;
32.1–12, 399 ;
32.2, 424 ;
32.3, 219 ;
32.9, 222 ;
32.10–12, 243 –244;
32.12, 424 ;
32.23–24, 218 ;
32.36, 32.38–39, 32.41, and 32.47, 219 ;
32.49, 220 ;
32.53, 219 ;
32.58, 222 ;
32.60, 219 ;
32.63–75, 423 ;
32.70–72, 32.74, 32.107, and 32.108, 219 ;
32.127 and 32.130–131, 220 ;
32.135, 424
—Cantos 33–34, 199
—Canto 33.1–90, 220 –223;
33.5, 220 ;
33.22–24, 244 , 424 ;
33.29–36, 243 ;
33.36, 221 ;
33.41, 245 ;
33.43–75, 244 –246;
33.47–48 and 33.49, 221 ;
33.56–57, 245 ;
33.65, 33.68, 33.69, and 33.74, 221 ;
33.77–78, 221 , 243 ;
33.82, 220 , 222 ;
33.88, 222 ;
33.91, 33.98, 33.101, and 33.112, 219 ;
33.113, 220 , 222 ;
33.117, 424 ;
33.135, 252
—Canto 34.10, 222 ;
34.73–75, 257 ;
34.100, 222 , 257 ;
34.110–111, 217 ;
34.111, 219
Innocent III, 382
Intellect, active and possible, 365
Intelligenza,375 , 376 , 443
Inversion:
of affect, 177 ;
astrological/astronomical, 83 –84, 87 , 91 , 104 , 112 , 115 , 129 , 175 , 207 , 212 , 252 –255;
of plot, 175 ;
in Raimbaut d'Aurenga, 402 ;
of rhymewords, 175 ;
of sound-clusters, 383 ;
in stanza structure, 176 –179;
syntactic, 84 , 113 , 129 , 135 –136, 172 , 235
Investiture, knightly, 138 , 261 –267, 406 , 438 –442
Io, 382
Isaiah, Book of, 224 , 412 –413
Isidore of Seville, Etymologiarum libri,34 , 121 , 255 , 269 , 276 , 338 , 369 , 374 –376, 388 , 395 , 397 , 413 , 418 , 431 , 437 , 442
J
Jacoff, Rachel, 415
Jacomuzzi, A., 417 , 419
James, St., 241 –242
Jason, 249 , 377 –378
Jasper (diaspro ), 33 , 167 , 183 , 397 , 408
Jean de Meun, Roman de la rose , 168 , 197 , 370 , 371 , 372 , 381 , 385 , 386 –387, 390 , 415 , 416
Jeanroy, Alfred, 385
Jeremiah, Book of, 436
Jernigan, Charles, 377 , 381 , 383
Jerusalem, 241 ;
Celestial, precious stones in, 443 ;
longitude of, 355 , 364
Joachim of Fiore, 429
Joel, Book of, 382 , 436
John of Garland, 378 , 383
John the Baptist, St., 393 ;
feast of, 436
John the Evangelist, St., 242 , 247 , 252 –253, 423 , 436 ;
feast of, 436 ;
First Epistle of, 391 ;
Gospel according to, 335 , 391
Jordan, river, 128 , 131 , 251 –253
Joseph, 132 , 383
Jubilee, 206
Judgment, Last, 129 , 161 –62;
implied, 126 –129, 135 , 382
Jupiter (god), 88 , 183 , 247 , 359 , 360 –361, 366
Jupiter (planet), 8 , 82 , 85 , 206 , 211 , 247 , 355 , 358 , 364
K
Kaiser, Wolfgang, 365
Kaske, Robert E., 239 , 360 , 383
Katabasis, 49 , 76 , 170 , 186 , 207
Kay, Richard, 332
Keen, Maurice, 264 , 438 , 439 , 442
Keller, Hans-Erich, 352
Kepler, Johannes, 338
Kings, Second book of, 266
Kirkpatrick, Robin, 436
Klibansky, Raymond, 332 , 353 , 354 , 363 , 364 , 407
Klingner, Fritz, 14 , 17 –18, 333 –335
König, Bernhard, 384 , 385 , 386 , 439
Kranz, Walter, 334
Kurdzialek, Marianne, 332 , 370
L
Lactantius, 245 , 431 , 433
Ladder, Jacob's, 250 –252, 436
Laity, as the sublunar, 94 , 239 –243, 367 –369, 431
Lancelot, 406 –407, 438 –439
Language, as foliage, 433
Lapidario del rey d. Alfonso X,339 , 388
Lapidge, Michael, 337
Latini, Brunetto, 399 , 441 ;
Retorica, 341 , 342 , 424
Latona, 247
Leap-year, 1296 as, 270
Lecoy, Félix, 371
Leda, 247 , 256 , 356
Le Moine, Fanny, 361
Leo (zodiacal sign), 92 , 216 , 251 , 363 , 419
Lerer, Seth, 333
Leys d'Amors,403 –404
Lia, 377
Liber de causis,53 , 54 , 339 , 343 , 347 , 349 , 365
Libra (zodiacal sign), 206 –208, 228 , 252 , 354 , 435
License, poetic, 403
Light:
circulation of, 60 –61, 161 , 233 , 239 , 394 ;
creation of, 35 –36, 158 , 390 ;
God as, 151 , 160 , 391 , 394 ;
implied by shadow, 135 ;
and imposition of form, 36 , 366 , 396 ;
and metaphysics, 36 –38, 138 , 338 ;
Neoplatonic theories of, 384 –385, 393 –394, 396 ;
separation of from darkness, 210 , 420 ;
as unifying, 151 , 394 ;
as vehicle of astrological influence, 35 –36, 150 , 151 , 158
Limbo, 223 , 424
Linskill, Joseph, 352
Litt, Thomas, 339 , 366 , 382 , 394 , 425 , 426
Llull, Ramon, 353
Lord's Prayer, 14
Love:
as accident, 390 –391, 393 ;
as substance, 391 , 393 .
See also Amor
Lowes, J. L., 406
Lucan, 375 , 418 , 421
Lucifer, 219
M
MacDonald, W. L., 390
McEvoy, James, 338 , 370
Macrobius:
Commentarii in Somnium Scipionis,8 –9, 30 –31, 90 –91, 122 , 168 –169, 231 , 241 , 269 –270, 332 , 363 , 364 , 366 , 374 , 377 , 379 , 399 , 400 , 425 , 426 , 428 , 431 , 437 ;
Saturnalia, 84 , 353 , 354
Madrazo, Piedro de, 339
Maia, 247 , 360
Malachi, Book of, 382 –383
Malacoda, 199 , 212
Malaspina, Currado, 435
Malebolge, 223
Mandeville, D. J., 338
Manilius, Astronomica,9 , 84 , 91 , 354 , 363
Marbodus of Rennes, Liber degemmis,34 , 116 , 255 , 338 , 375 , 383 , 397 , 424 , 425 , 438
Marco Lombardo, 204 , 405 , 420
"Mare amoroso," 375 , 376 , 410
Mari, Giovanni, 379 , 380
Marigo, Aristide, 163 , 263 , 336 , 337 , 384
Mars (god), 88
Mars (planet), 8 , 75 , 81 –82, 87 , 88 , 91 , 103 , 146 , 206 , 247 , 264 , 353 –357, 364 ;
children of, 360 ;
realms of, in Hell and Heaven, 364
Marshall, J. H., 404
Marsyas, 255 –258
Martel, Charles, 331
Marti, Mario, 417
Martianus Capella, De nuptiis Mercurii et Philologiae,9 , 88 –89, 91 , 332 , 360 –363, 369 , 372 , 397
Martinez, Ronald L., 200 , 418
Mary, Virgin, 132 , 241 –242, 431 –434
Mascheroni, Sassol, 423
Matelda, 215 , 422
Mather, Richard, 440
Mattalia, Daniele, 155
Matter, first, 150 , 387
Matthew, St., Gospel according to, 219 , 440
Matthew of Vendôme, 400 –401
Maximianus, 370
Maximus the Confessor, 54 , 340 , 344 –346
Mazzeo, Joseph A., 338 , 415
Mazzotta, Giuseppe, 410 , 411 , 415 , 419 , 422 , 435
Medea, 377 –378
Medicine, medieval theories of, 82 , 100 , 167 , 153 –154, 181 , 353 , 370 –371, 406
Medusa, 221 –222, 371 –372, 397 ;
in "Al
poco giorno," 373 ;
in "Amor, tu vedi ben," 139 , 163 –164, 390 ;
Boccaccio on, 415 ;
in "Così nel mio parlar," 189 , 193 , 196 –198, 397 ;
in Inferno 9, relation to petrose,5 –6;
in "Io son venuto," 105 –106, 372 ;
in Jean de Meun, 372 , 415 ;
in Ovid, 371 –372;
in the petrose,6 , 105 , 118 , 221 , 415 .
See also Donna pietra
Melancholy, 82 , 100 , 181 , 353 , 354 , 357 , 364
Meleagant, 407
Melzi d'Eril, C., 354 , 364
Mengaldo, Pier Vincenzo, 262 –263, 336 , 385 , 398 , 401 , 413 , 438 , 439 , 443 –444
Mercury (god), 183 , 360 –362
Mercury (planet), 8 , 43 –44, 82 , 85 , 87 –88, 91 , 206 , 211 , 241 , 247 , 270 , 355 –358, 360 –362, 363 , 364 , 365 , 380 , 442 ;
Dante as child of, 87 , 357
Metalepsis, 182
Metaphor:
defined, 409 ;
exchange of, 176 , 190 –191;
teleological function of, 185
Metonymy, 133
Micah, Book of, 382
Micha, Alexandre, 438
Michael Scot, 9
Microcosm, human body as, 97 –102, 228 , 231 , 369 –371;
appetition and animals, 97 , 101 ;
being and stones, 97 , 369 –370;
belly and earth, 102 ;
breasts and hills, 126 , 381 ;
breath and atmosphere, 98 , 100 , 143 , 369 ;
breath and winds, 369 , 421 ;
eye and atmosphere, 153 –155;
eye and heavens, 231 ;
eye and star, 229 ;
eyes and luminaries, 369 ;
feet and earth, 97 , 370 ;
as harmony, 398 ;
head and heavens, 97 , 99 –100;
heart and sun, 236 , 371 ;
life and plants, 100 –101, 370 ;
orgasm and flood, 102 –104;
sensation and animals, 97 , 370 ;
senses and elements, 98 ;
spine and mountains, 421 ;
tumescence and subterranean vapors, 353 ;
veins and subterranean rivers, 102 ;
weeping and precipitation, 100 , 104 , 143 , 371 .
See also Harmony; Same and Other; Temperament
Microcosm, man as, 9 –10;
mind shared with angels, 97 , 370 ;
sciences and heavens, 147 –148, 243 , 367 , 369 , 432 .
See also Microcosm, human body as; Midpoint; Same and Other; World-Soul
Microcosm, poem as:
"Al poco giorno" (two motions of sun, shadow as privation), 110 –112, 119 –126;
"Amor, tu vedi ben" (motion of sun and planets, body analogy, eschaton), 140 –149, 159 –163;
Commedia, 201 –202, 204 , 208 –211, 213 –214, 223 –231;
Commedia (procession and return), 227 –231, 240 –255;
Commedia (two motions of sun), 232 –240;
"Così nel mio parlar" (tempering of opposites, teleology), 167 –170, 175 ;
"Donne ch'avete" (procession and return, Soul as central), 53 –69;
"Io son venuto" (spatial order, motion of sun, body analogy), 74 –76, 96 –108, 146 ;
"O qui perpetua" (procession and return, Soul as central), 12 –18, 334 –336
Midpoint (medietas ):
man as, 64 , 67 –68, 95 –96, 344 , 345 –349;
soul as, 16 , 209
Milky Way, 91 , 432 –433;
as gate of souls, 363 , 431 , 434 , 435
Millas Vallicrosa, José, 332
Miller, James, 381 , 424 , 425 –426, 428 , 432
Minerals, formation of, 33 –45
Minerva, 196 , 397
Moleta, Vincent, 418 , 433
Momigliano, Attilio, 176 , 396
Montagnes, Bernard, 395
Monte Andrea, 376 , 414
Monterosso, Raffaello, 21 , 337 , 398 , 400
Montpellier, longitude of, 355 , 364
Moon, 8 , 80 , 84 , 206 , 208 –209, 242 , 352 , 355 , 364 , 392 , 424 –425;
heaven of, 224 –232
Moore, Edward, 254 , 332 , 364 , 419 , 429 , 436
Moralejo-Alvárez, S., 362
Moses, 242 , 414 –415
Mother figures, 244 –247
Motion:
to and from center, 159 ;
forward, 176 ;
God prior to, 14 , 158 ;
and teleology, 185 –191.
See also Planets; Same and Other; Sun; Time
Motion, retrograde:
of planets, 82 , 136 , 353 , 355 , 356 , 357 ;
in poetry, 383 , 385 ;
in sestina, 122 –123, 133 , 136 , 145 .
See also Retrogradatio cruciata
Mulholland, J. A., 338
Muses, 211 , 242 , 243 –244, 246 , 434
Musica mundana,18 , 22 , 30 –31, 169 , 244 , 337
N
Names and naming in the petrose,157 –164;
of God, 6 , 15 –17, 157 –163, 341 , 384 –385, 391 –395
Narcissus, 105 , 196 –197, 226 , 372 , 389 , 416
Nardi, Bruno, 37 , 53 –54, 74 , 230 , 338 , 339 , 340 , 343 , 345 , 347 , 349 , 351 , 353 , 365 , 371 , 385 , 394 , 405 –406, 424 , 425 , 426
Nathan, prophet, 442
Nebuchadnezzar, 382
Neoplatonism:
Boethius and, 12 –18;
in the Commedia,68 –69, 200 –258 passim;
Dante's knowledge of, 8 –9, 12 , 26 –31, 53 –54, 60 , 62 , 67 –69, 339 –340, 344 –349;
doctrine of division, 62 , 341 , 344 –345;
doctrine of emanation, 54 , 68 –69, 338 –339, 365 , 393 –395;
doctrine of Ideas, 14 , 16 , 334 –335;
doctrine of man as midpoint, see Midpoint;
doctrine of Mind, 125 , 229 , 335 , 427 (see also Angels);
doctrine of the One, 13 –17, 229 ;
doctrine of participation, 443 ;
doctrine of procession and return, 14 –18, 60 , 62 , 64 , 66 –68, 159 , 186 –187, 208 –209, 226 –230, 233 , 242 , 250 –251, 334 , 335 , 341 ;
doctrine of World-Soul, 14 –16, 124 –125, 349 ;
in "Donne ch' avete," 55 –70;
grammar and metaphysics, relation of in, 18 , 227 ;
of Greek fathers, 53 , 64 , 67 , 334 –335, 344 –349;
theories of light in, 160 –162;
and the Timaeus,97 –99;
view of Christ in, 48 ;
view of number in, 269 –271, 336 , 242
Neptune, 196
Neri, Ferdinando, 349
Neugebauer, Otto, 362
Night circle, 352 –353;
in "Al poco giorno," 146 , 211 , 353
Nock, Arthur D., 347
Nominalist-Realist debate, 395
Norden, Eduard, 334
North, J. D. N., 353
North Pole, 351
Numa Pompilius, 424
Numerals, Arabic, 8 , 332
Numerology:
in Boethius, 336 ;
in the Commedia,211 , 419 , 427 ;
in Macrobius, 336 ;
in the petrose,126 , 132 , 144 –145, 269 –271, 380 –381, 385 –386, 392 , 442
O
Ocyroe, 382
Olerud, Anders, 332
Olschki, Leonardo, 360
Olson, Glending, 410
O'Meara, John J., 341
Opicinus de Canistris, 357
Opposites, harmony as mixture of. See Harmony
Origen, 362 , 367 , 370 , 391
Ornatus, theory of, 400 –401;
of poem and of lady, 169 –170, 181 –183, 189 –190. See also Hair
Orr, Mary D., 332
Ovid, 153 , 338 , 350 , 399 ;
Amores, 359 , 406 ;
Ars amatoia,410 ;
Fasti, 358 –360;
Heroides, 184 –185, 195 , 407 –409;
Metamorphoses,119 –120, 373 ;
Met. I, 120 , 371 , 377 , 382 ;
Met. 2, 371 , 377 ;
Met. 3, 226 , 372 , 378 ;
Met. 4, 105 , 116 , 120 –121, 371 , 378 , 415 ;
Met. 5, 372 ;
Met. 7, 378 ;
Met. 10, 415 , 416 ;
Met. 15, 424
Ovide moralisé,378 , 416
Owen, D. D. R., 406 –407
P
Padoan, Giorgio, 331
Palgen, Rudolf, 354 , 357 , 364
Pannier, Léon, 338
Panofsky, Erwin, 353 , 354 , 363 , 364 , 385 , 407 , 413
Pantheon (Rome), 390
Paolo dell'Abaco, 414
Paradise, Earthly, 215 , 354 , 364 , 421 –422
Paradiso:
arrow metaphors in, 185 ;
crystal in, 252 –253;
eye in, 231 –232;
gems in, 200 , 225 , 273 –276, 433 ;
Neoplatonism in, 69 , 199 –258 passim;
and solstice, 129 ;
sun as dominating, 210 –211;
teleology in, 410 –411;
unwintering in, 251 –252, 436 .
See also Art, human; Microcosm; Same and Other
—Canto 1, 202 , 365 ;
1.1–18, 377 ;
1.1–3, 161 ;
1.13–24, 256 –258;
1.25–33, 433 ;
1.37–45, 204 , 207 , 210 –211;
1.49–54, 226 , 232 ;
1.103–142, 410 ;
1.112–129, 411 ;
1.119–121 and 1.124–126, 410
—Canto 2, 338 , 349 ;
2.13–16, 225 –226;
2.23, 410 ;
2.34, 225 ;
2.35–39, 226 , 425 ;
2.61–148, 366 ;
2.88–90, 226 ;
2.106–108, 421 ;
2.106–148, 226 –232;
2.112–138, 345 , 365 , 367 –368;
2.139–144, 349 , 388
—Canto 3.10–18, 226 ;
3.36, 376
—Canto 4, 366 ;
4.49–60, 431 ;
4.49–63, 93–94, 224 –225, 241
—Canto 5.91, 410
—Canto 6, 270
—Canto 7.14, 417
—Canto 8.34–37, 331 ;
8.103–105, 410 ;
8.146, 440
—Cantos 10–14, 232 –240
—Cantos 10–17, 51
—Canto 10.1–27, 233 –236, 238 ;
10.2, 428 ;
10.9 and 10.15, 428 ;
10.13–21, 374 ;
10.28–31, 374 ;
10.34, 240 ;
10.53, 242 ;
10.60, 375 ;
10.64–69 and 10.78, 432 ;
10.79, 236 , 432 ;
10.87, 428 ;
10.96, 428 , 433 ;
10.97–103 and 10.113, 428 ;
10.114, 429 ;
10.122, 237 ;
10.138, 432 ;
10.139–141, 236 , 237 , 239 ;
10.140, 430 , 434 ;
10.142 and 10.143, 428 ;
10.146, 237
—Cantos 11–12, 369 , 429
—Canto 11, 369 ;
11.2, 432 ;
11.3–5, 428 ;
11.4–8, 429 ;
11.5, 237 ;
11.25, 428 ;
11.26,
429 ;
11.32, 430 , 434 ;
11.35, 237 , 433 ;
11.35–37, 428 ;
11.35–111, 429 ;
11.37–38, 237 ;
11.38, 432 ;
11.39, 428 , 430 ;
11.49–57, 369 ;
11.50, 429 ;
11.50–51, 238 ;
11.55–57, 430 ;
11.70–75, 237 –238;
11.72, 429 ;
11.84, 430 , 434 ;
11.97, 432 ;
11.104–107, 429 ;
11.115–117, 433 ;
11.118–122, 237 ;
11.139, 429 , 433 ;
11.74, 238
—Canto 12, 369 ;
12.11, 237 ;
12.21, 428 ;
12.22, 236 ;
12.22–24, 428 ;
12.34, 237 , 418 ;
12.39–111, 429 ;
12.43, 434 ;
12.44, 237 ;
12.46–51, 238 , 423 , 429 ;
12.58–60, 430 ;
12.70–75, 237 –238;
12.78, 240 ;
12.78–79, 428 ;
12.85–87, 430 ;
12.97–100, 428 ;
12.106 and 12.110, 239 ;
12.106–111, 237 ;
12.121, 428 ;
12.126, 428
—Canto 13, 365 ;
13.1–27, 428 ;
13.13, 237 ;
13.16–18, 428 ;
13.22, 236 ;
13.34–36, 428 ;
13.43–45, 430 ;
13.45, 428 ;
13.47, 429 ;
13.52–53, 428 ;
13.52–60, 427 ;
13.54, 431 ;
13.55–57, 420 ;
13.62, 428 ;
13.82–84, 428 , 430 , 434 ;
13.89, 429 ;
13.97–100, 428 ;
13.142, 428
—Cantos 14–17, 263 –267, 441
—Canto 14.1, 429 ;
14.27, 433 ;
14.28–29, 428 ;
14.35–36, 434 ;
14.40 and 14.67, 428 ;
14.74, 237 , 264 ;
14.96, 264 ;
14.88–93, 264 ;
14.97–108, 265 ;
14.103–108, 440
—Canto 15, 264 ;
15.6, 405 ;
15.97–102, 51 , 440 ;
15.136 and 15.145–147, 266
—Canto 16.1–9, 266 ;
16.130, 264
—Canto 17, 265 –267;
17.22–27, 265 ;
17.46–48, 51 ;
17.55–57, 51 ;
17.55–61 and 17.106–109, 265 ;
17.130–142, 263 –264;
17.133–134, 441
—Canto 19.40–41, 222 ;
19.48, 219
—Canto 20.143, 405
—Canto 21.16–18, 426 , 436 ;
21.25, 225 ;
21.25–41, 252 ;
21.116, 225
—Cantos 22–27, 199
—Canto 22 , 43 , 85 , 87 , 243 , 256 ;
22.94, 100 ;
22.94–96, 131 ;
22.106–123, 84 , 92 –96, 355 –356, 365 –366;
22.110, 369 ;
22.112–117, 246 , 256 –258;
22.115, 369 ;
22.116, 240 ;
22.117, 249 ;
22.121–123, 256 –258;
22.122, 240 ;
22.128–129, 366 –367;
22.133, 247 ;
22.133–154, 241 , 247 , 425 ;
22.151, 249
—Canto 23, 242 –248, 431 –434;
23.1–12, 244 –247, 383 , 431 , 432 , 433 ;
23.25–30, 432 ;
23.29, 431 ;
23.37, 429 , 432 ;
23.55–63, 249 ;
23.56, 243 –244;
23.57, 246 ;
23.64, 424 ;
23.71–72, 431 ;
23.73, 433 ;
23.79, 244 , 431 ;
23.79–80, 431 ;
23.82 and 23.88–89, 433 ;
23.92, 242 ;
23.95, 432 ;
23.97, 433 ;
23.101, 431 ;
23.103–105, 247 ;
23.109, 432 ;
23.114, 244 ;
23.124, 433 ;
23.130, 244 ;
23.136, 433
—Canto 24.8, 244 ;
24.11, 432 ;
24.28, 247 ;
24.56, 244 ;
24.59, 432 ;
24.62, 432 , 436 ;
24.77, 432 ;
24.84, 243 ;
24.91–92, 244 ;
24.94, 432 ;
24.102 and 24.115, 432 ;
24.134, 243 ;
24.135, 244 ;
24.139–141, 431
—Canto 25.1–12, 248 –250, 258 ;
25.2, 439 ;
25.6, 243 , 433 ;
25.17–18, 241 ;
25.18, 432 ;
25.19–20, 243 ;
25.23–25, 25.38, 25.42, 25.52–57, and 25.64, 432 ;
25.70, 242 ;
25.71, 25.76, and 25.79, 244 ;
25.88 and 25.92, 243 ;
25.94, 432 ;
25.100 and 25.101, 423 ;
25.102, 435 ;
25.103, 432 ;
25.111 and 25.138, 434
—Cantos 26–27, 266
—Canto 26.16 and 26.17, 241 ;
26.22, 432 ;
26.25 and 26.51, 243 ;
26.64–65, 241 ;
26.64–66, 433 ,
26.82–142, 241 ;
26.92, 247 ;
26.93, 434 ;
26.132, 423 ;
26.135–138, 433 ;
26.141–142, 270
—Canto 27, 85 , 243 , 363 , 365 ;
27.40, 434 ;
27.55, 243 , 433 ;
27.63–64, 241 ;
27.64–66, 439 ;
27.67–71, 250 –253;
27.69, 436 ;
27.77–78, 241 ;
27.79–81, 270 ;
27.98, 246 , 257 , 356 ;
27.105–120, 366 ;
27.136–138, 425 ;
27.142–144, 432 –433
—Canto 28, 418 ;
28.4–9, 436 ;
28.4–15, 426 ;
28.81–84, 202 ;
28.117, 374 ;
28.118, 251 ;
28.132, 225
—Canto 29.1–12, 207 –209;
29.22–24, 410 ;
29.25–27, 253 ;
29.25–36, 34 ;
29.87, 431
—Canto 30.126, 251 –252
—Canto 31.3, 434 ;
31.81, 405 ;
31.84, 366
—Canto 32.128, 434
—Canto 33, 52 , 170 , 187 ;
33.64–66, 421 ;
33.143–144, 438
Paranomasia, 162
Parker, R. A., 362
Pastoral, 213 –217, 422
Pastore Stocchi, Manlio, 424
Patch, H. R., 186
Paul, St., 242 ;
1 Corinthians, 413 –414;
2 Corinthians, 414 –415;
Ephesians, 267 , 441 –442;
Galatians, 348 ;
Philippians, 414
Pazzaglia, Mario, 336 , 337 , 343 –344
Pecoraro, Paolo, 354 , 419
Peire d'Alvernha, 373
Pelias, 381
Pellegrini, Anthony L., 375 –376
Pennington, Kenneth, 440
Perella, Nicolas J., 406 , 414
Pernicone, Vincenzo, 166 , 349 , 378 , 392 , 397
Personification, 179 –182, 341
Perugi, Maurizio, 375 , 383 , 401 , 405 , 406 , 413 , 414 , 415 , 417
Peter, St., 241 –242, 247 , 248 –249;
First Epistle of, 443 ;
Second Epistle of, 382
Peter Lombard, 242
Petrarca, Francesco, 381 , 408 ;
as reader of Ovid, 105 ;
sestinas of, 109 , 136 , 383 ;
"Giovene donna sotto un verde lauro," 118 , 371
Petrocchi, Giorgio, 331 , 332 , 339
Pézard, André, 381 , 427
Philosophy, Lady, 12 , 168 , 198 , 349 , 377
Phoebus. See Apollo
Phoenix, 212 , 245 –246
Pier delle Vigne, 182 , 199 , 417 –418, 420
Pierotti, Gian Luca, 425
Pietro d'Abano, 406
Pisces (constellation), 255 , 365
Pisces (zodiacal sign), 206
Place, geographical, power of, 41 –42, 239 , 338
Planets, 8 , 34 –36, 80 –87, 93 –94, 106 , 117 , 122 , 143 , 206 , 228 , 240 , 246 , 351 , 380 , 392 , 442 . See also names of specific planets
Plato, 9 –11, 229 ;
Boethius cites, 168 , 399 , 424 ;
man as copula,346 (see also Midpoint);
negative view of body, 366 ;
numerology in, 9 , 211 ;
order of planets, 380 , 442 ;
theme of return to stars, 93 –94, 242 ; works of, see next entry. See also Neoplatonism
Plato, works of:
Laws, 363
Republic, 30 , 413
Timaeus, 333 , 352 , 426 , 430 ;
Aquinas on, 380 –381;
astronomy in, 10 –11, 122 , 136 , 241 , 269 , 379 ;
Dante echoes in De vulgari eloquentia,27 –30;
descent of soul, 366 ;
Great Year, 437 ;
human song imitates cosmos in, 30 ;
human soul analog of World-Soul in, 11 , 147 –148, 240 ;
justice in, 413 ;
liver the seat of passion in, 100 , 371 ;
Macrobius cites, 379 , 400 ;
making of World Soul, 9 –10, 228 , 379 ;
man's soul triple in, 406 ;
in "O qui perpetua," 13 –18, 124 –125, 334 ;
on semen, 370 ;
on sight, 10 –11, 373 –374;
Same and Other in, 9 –10, 48 , 78 –79, 124 –125, 179 ;
space as receptacle in, 27 –30, 248 . See also Calcidius; Neoplatonism
Pliny the Elder, 34
Plotinus, 334 , 363
Policleitus, 418
Porphyry, 12 ;
Cave of the Nymphs,363
Possiedi, Paolo, 408
Powell, James N., 440
Precession of equinoxes, 254 –255, 339 , 364 –365
Price, H. de Sola, 332
Priest, Paul, 430
Primum mobile, 94 , 225 , 247 , 251 , 256 –257, 432 , 442
Privation. See Act
Proclus, 54 , 334 , 365 ;
on intellect, 265
Prometheus, 197
Prophatius, Almanach,9 , 84 , 85 , 355 , 364
Proto, Ernesto, 245 , 424
Proverbs, Book of, 412
Psalms, Book of:
Ps. 8 , 367 ;
Ps. 44 , 442 ;
Ps. 57 , 412 ;
Ps. 113 , 128 ;
Ps. 139 , 424
Ptolemy, Claudius:
Almagest, 7 , 9 , 90 , 380 ;
Centiloquium,43 –44;
Optica, 338 ;
Tetrabiblos, 9 , 353 , 357 –358, 362 , 363 , 419 , 423
Purgatorio, 209 –210
—Canto 1, 202 , 215 , 365 ;
1.1–6, 207 –208;
1.1–12, 410 ;
1.7 and 1.9, 211 ;
1.9–21, 354 –355;
1.19–42, 204 –205;
1.73–75, 129 ;
1.106, 211 ;
1.133, 440 ;
1.135–136, 257 , 438
—Canto 2.1–9, 386 ;
2.1–6, 207 , 354 ;
2.56–57, 206 ;
2.106–114, 21
—Canto 3.25 and 3.70, 420 ;
3.79–87, 422
—Canto 4.139, 420
—Canto 5, 418 ;
5.109–120, 202
—Canto 6, 270 ;
6.130–131, 410
—Cantos 7–9, 201 , 420
—Canto 7.60, 420
—Canto 8.100–103, 131 –135, 420 –421;
8.133–139, 435
—Canto 9.13–15, 421
—Canto 10.32, 418
—Canto 11, 201 ;
11.115, 117 , 418
—Canto 14.147, 415
—Cantos 15–21, 420
—Canto 15, 420
—Cantos 16–18, 203
—Canto 16.47–48, 405 ;
16.59, 418 ;
16.73, 204 , 420 ;
16.73–81, 365 ;
16.77, 364 ;
16.106–110, 420 ;
16.114, 418
—Canto 17.17, 200 ;
17.33, 376 ;
17.54, 418 ;
17.70–72, 210 ;
17.73, 418 ;
17.77–78, 410 ;
17.84, 210 ;
17.104, 418
—Canto 18.16, 210 ;
18.22–23, 210 ;
18.28–33, 413 ;
18.37–39, 338 ;
18.51, 418 ;
18.57, 210 ;
18.62, 418 ;
18.70–80, 420 ;
18.73, 418
—Canto 19.2–3, 424
—Canto 20.73–75, 441
—Canto 21.46–57, 201 –202;
21.93, 424
—Canto 22.108 and 22.133, 418
—Canto 23.69, 418
—Cantos 24 –27, 203 –204
—Canto 24 and 24.64, 202
—Canto 25, 372 , 420 ;
25.17–18, 410 ;
25.37–45, 371 ;
25.61–66 and 25.103–105, 366 ;
25.122, 125 –126
—Canto 26, 202 , 372 ;
26.43–46, 202 ;
26.117, 350
—Canto 27, 420 ;
27.1–6, 207 ;
27.76–87, 422 ;
27.102, 377
—Canto 28, 5 ;
28.139–144, 422
—Canto 29, 242 , 431
—Cantos 30–33, 197 –198, 417
—Canto 30.1–3, 431 ;
30.32, 197 ;
30.54 and 30.58, 417 ;
30.70, 197 ;
30.73, 417 ;
30.85.99, 421 –422;
30.89, 375 ;
30.109–114, 435 ;
30.133, 417 ;
30.136–138, 439
—Canto 31.2–3, 197 ;
31.16, 416 ;
31.16–21, 410 ;
31.48, 416 ;
31.59 and 31.63, 417 ;
31.70, 416 ;
31.116–117, 411 ;
31.117, 417 ;
31.136–138, 411 ;
31.140–144, 416
—Canto 32.17, 417 ;
32.53–54, 419 ;
32.100, 422
—Canto 33.79–80, 417 ;
33.100–104, 417 ;
33.143, 438
Pygmalion, 196 –197, 386 –387, 389 , 415 –416
Pythagoreanism, 9 , 168
Q
Quadrivium, 88
Quaglio, A. E., 357 , 418
R
Rabuse, Georg, 218 , 225 , 251 , 360 , 364 , 419 –423, 428 , 429 , 434 , 436 , 439
Raby, F. J. E., 350
Raimbaut d'Aurenga, 71 ;
"Ar resplan la flors enversa," 71 , 216 , 350 , 402
Raimbaut de Vacqueiras, 351 –352, 403
Rape, fantasy of, 192 –196
Ravenna, 84
Regan, M. S., 404
Reggio, Giovanni, 431 , 436
Renucci, Paul, 71 , 72 , 349
Repetition, lexical, 226 –227. See also Gemination
Retrogradatio cruciata,122 –123, 133 , 145 , 379 , 386
Rhetorica ad Herennium,383 , 409
Rhyme, repercussion of, 138 , 144 –146, 162 –163, 180 , 226 , 261 –267, 276 , 421
Rhyme-words, 26 –29, 150 –151, 180 , 379 –383, 384 –386;
abstractness of, 150 ;
circulation of, 115 , 121 , 26 –127, 144 –149, 384 ;
Arnaut Daniel's, 132 –133, 377 , 383 ;
in De vulgari eloquentia,261 –263, 385 , 438 –439, 445 ;
as enclosures, 141 –148, 372 , 385 ;
as microcosmic, 132 , 136 –137;
numerology of, 269 , 381 ;
in tornata ofsestina, 133 –134
—Examples discussed:
colli, 150 , 380 , 381 , 383 , 387 , 422 ;
dolce , 106 , 166 , 387 ;
donna, 106 , 110 , 141 , 149 –151, 166 , 383 , 387 ;
erba, 150 , 380 , 383 , 387 , 433 ;
freddo, 141 –143, 146 –148, 163 , 385 –387, 423 ;
luce , 148 , 151 –155, 158 –161, 385 , 387 ;
marmo, 105 , 387 ;
ombra, 114 , 129 , 130 , 373 , 383 ;
petra, 33 , 105 –106, 110 , 132 , 141 , 150 , 166 , 383 , 387 ;
sempre , 106 , 387 ;
tempo, 106 , 148 , 155 –159, 387 ;
verde, 150 , 387 , 422
Rico, Francisco, 332
Riddle, J. M., 34 , 338
Riesz, Janos, 372 , 379
Ristoro d'Arezzo, 369 , 423
Robertson, D. W., Jr., 416
Rohlfs, Gerhard, 376
Rome, 2 , 88 , 205 , 241 , 390
Romulus and Remus, 88
Roncaglia, Aurelio, 402
Roubaud, Jacques, 372 , 379 , 380
Ruello, Francesco, 391
Rufinus, 362 , 391
Ruggieri, Archbishop, 220 –223, 243
Russell, Rinaldina, 404
Russo, Vittorio, 200 , 418
Ryan, Laurence, 418 , 441
S
Sacrobosco, Giovanni, 9
Sagittarius (zodiacal sign), 76
Salomon, Richard, 357
Same and Other:
as logical principles, 10 –11;
in Ovid's Metamorphoses,121
Same and Other, motion of, according to Plato, 9 –11, 48 , 123 –125, 228 ;
Aquinas on, 380 , 381 ;
in Boethius, 16 , 235 ;
in the Commedia,228 –229, 233 –240, 427 ;
in the Convivio,122 ;
as intellect and will, 78 –79, 124 , 424 , 428 ;
in Macrobius, 30 –31, 169 ;
in the petrose,31 , 49 , 77 –79, 111 , 119 , 122 –125, 127 , 135 –136, 146 , 178 –179, 209 , 352 , 379 , 380 , 381 ;
and spiration of Trinity, 427 –428;
and stanza form, 32 , 77 –79, 121 –126, 209 , 236 .
See also Microcosm; Plato
Sandküihler, Bruno, 55 , 58 , 62 , 341
Sapegno, Natalino, 88 , 420
Sarolli, Gian Roberto, 435 , 442
Satan, 218 , 219 , 223 , 249 ;
body of, and body analogy, 223 –224, 424
Saturn (god), 218 , 223 , 247 ;
and Golden Age, 363 , 423
Saturn (planet), 8 ;
children of, 182 , 360 , 407 ;
and crystal, 225 ;
in the Commedia,216 –217, 247 , 363 –364;
Dante as Saturnine, 356 –357;
in Dante's natal horoscope, 85 –87;
and freezing, 82 , 353 ;
Saturn (planet)
in Gemini, 356 ;
heaven of, 92 , 225 , 250 –253, 363 –364;
in horoscope of "Io son venuto," 80 –85, 146 , 205 –206, 353 ;
and inversion, 84 ;
in "Io son venuto," 73 –108;
and melancholy temperament, 82 , 100 , 353 , 356 –357;
negative influence of, 82 , 363 ;
as patron of learning, 43 –44, 91 ;
positive influence of, 43 –44, 91 , 363 –364;
suicide and, 182
Saturnalia, 84
Saville, Jonathan, 433
Saxl, Fritz, 353 , 354 , 362 , 363 , 364 , 407
Scaglione, Aldo, 246 , 432 , 434
Scarry, Elaine, 333
Scartazzini, G. A., 125 –126
Scheible, Helga, 14 , 334
Scheludko, D., 352
Scherillo, Michele, 403
Schipperges, Heinrich, 370
Schnapp, Jeffrey T., 364 , 420 , 439 , 440 , 442 , 443
Schneider, Alexander, 347
Sciences, as heavens, 147 –148, 243 , 369 , 432
Scorpio (zodiacal sign), 91
Seasons, and change, 46 , 74 –76, 104 –106, 112 , 116 –120, 123 , 127 , 146 –149, 204 –207, 352 , 377 , 418 , 422 . See also Ecliptic; Equinox; Solstice; Sun
Seneca, L. Annaeus, De naturalibus quaestionibus,9 , 38 , 72 , 74 , 127 , 333 , 350 –351, 371 , 382 , 385
Serapion Damascenus, 406
Servius the Grammarian, 382 , 408 , 413 , 437
Sexual references:
in Albertus Magnus, 40 –41;
in Bernard Silvester, 98 –99;
in Arnaut Daniel, 103 , 377 , 381 ;
in the petrose,83 , 102 –104, 126 –127, 169 –170, 188 –189, 191 –196, 381 ;
in Plato, 29 ;
in Virgil, 408
Shapiro, Marianne, 112 , 119 , 128 , 269 , 270 , 373 , 375 , 379 , 381 , 382 , 383
Shaw, J. E., 341 , 344 , 375 , 403
Sheehan, Donald, 372
Sheldon-Williams, I. P., 334 –335, 340 –341, 345 , 346 , 348
Shoaf, R. A., 418 , 424
Sicilian School, 376 , 381
Sigier of Brabant, 54 , 429
Signature:
Dante's, 240 ;
God's, 240
Simon of Tournai, 436
Sinai, Mt., 354
Singleton, Charles S., 55 , 64 , 223 , 332 , 365 , 375 , 382 , 405 , 410 , 420 , 424
Sinon, 417
Smyser, H. M., 353
Solomon, 237 , 432 , 434
Solstice:
summer, 85 , 115 –128, 137 , 207 , 246 , 253 , 363 , 375 , 377 , 383 , 433 –434, 436 ;
winter, 2 , 74 , 75 , 76 , 80 , 84 , 110 –124, 131 , 143 , 146 , 151 , 165 , 205 , 207 , 214 , 232 , 255 , 270 , 352 –353, 363 , 377 , 380 , 433 , 436
Song of Songs, 190 , 239 , 381 , 425 , 429 , 434
Sordello, 420
Space:
creation of, 390 ;
as receptacle, 27 –30, 48 ;
stanza as, 27 –30, 147 –148, 222 , 270 –271, 383 .
See also Canzone stanza; Motion; Plato; Time
Spitzer, Leo, 57 –58, 62 , 342 , 398 , 403
Spitzmuller, Henry, 425
Spring, personified, 377
Stahl, W. H., 332 , 363 , 442
Stanza, canzone. See Canzone stanza
Stars, fixed, 8 , 10 , 77 , 90 –91, 225 , 243 , 367 , 432 , 434 –436;
function of, 94 . See also Milky Way; Zodiac
Statius, 399 , 418 , 424 , 431
Stazio, 201 , 215 , 424
Stern, Henri, 362
Stock, Brian, 370
Stoicism, 7 , 366 . See also Seneca
Stones, nonprecious:
adamant, 225 , 273 –276, 424 ;
alabaster, 274 ;
formation of, 32 –45;
glass (vetro ), 274 , 437 ;
limestone ( pietra calcina ), 376 ;
lodestone (calamita ), 117 , 376 –377;
marble (marmo ), 33 , 105 –106, 150 ;
millstones, 236
Stones, precious:
in Bible, 397 , 443 ;
formation and powers of, 32 –45, 152 –153, 163 , 376 –377, 388 ;
gemma, etymology of, 437 ;
margherita (generic), 273 –276, 376 ;
terminology of, 33 , 47 , 117 , 133
—Specific examples:
amber (ambra ), 274 , 437 ;
amber, and electrum, 437 ;
balashruby (balasso ), 273 –276;
emerald (smeraldo, smaragdus ), 376 ;
heliotrope, see Heliotrope;
jasper, see Jasper;
pearl (margherita ), 225 –226, 231 , 273 ;
ruby (rubino ), sapphire (zaffiro ), and topaz (solis gemma ), 273 –276.
See also Crystal
Sturm-Maddox, Sara, 416 , 417 , 421
Suicide, theme of, in the petrose,49 , 164 , 170 , 175 , 182 –185
Sun, 8 , 206 –258 passim;
analogy with God, 125 , 158 ;
analogy with poet, 83 , 148 ;
approaching solstice, 74 , 146 ;
Aquinas on, 36 ;
and Christ, 129 , 158 , 417 , 432 –434;
and crystal, 252 –254, 388 ;
eclipse of, 114 , 122 , 136 , 226 ;
and eloquence, 239 ;
and generation, 92 –93, 117 , 126 –127, 202 , 239 , 240 , 374 , 430 ;
and
gold, 34 , 377 ;
in Guinizelli, 35 , 377 ;
as heart of cosmos, 236 , 371 ;
heaven of, 232 –240;
implied by shadow, 126 , 136 –137;
lady as, 136 –137, 142 –143;
in palindrome, 383 ;
and poetic genius, 92 , 239 ;
and precious stones, 35 –36, 152 –153, 376 , 377 , 378 ;
in pun, 373 –374;
as ruler of zodiac, 125 , 236 , 379 , 428 ;
as twin of moon, 209 –211;
as World-Soul, 427 .
See also Ecliptic; Equinox; Horoscopes; Solstice; Year, solar; Zodiac
T
Tateo, Francesco, 334 , 340 , 426
Taurus (constellation), 255
Taurus (zodiacal sign), 82 , 85 , 91 , 92 , 95 , 255 , 353 , 354 –355, 364
Teleology, in "Così nel mio parlar," 185 –191
Temperament:
humors and, 181 –182 (see also Melancholy);
of sun, 213 –215;
tempering of opposites, 167 –168, 398 , 405 –406 (see also Harshness);
tempering of poet, 386
Terdiman, Richard, 422
Thebes, 168 , 219 , 424
Theiler, Willi, 334
Theophrastus, 34
Thilo, G., 408 , 413 , 437
Thomas of Cantimpré, 338
Thomas of Verceil, 341
Thorndike, Lynn, 338 , 339
Time:
cycles of, see Cycles,
Seasons; as image of eternity, 127 –128;
as measure of motion, 269 , 391 –392, 442 ;
one of quattuor simul creata,390 ;
as thief, 422 –423
Toja, Luigi, 379 , 417
Toledan tables, 9
Tolomea, 219
Toschi, Paolo, 377
Toynbee, Paget, 375 , 431
Trissino, Giovan Giorgio, 31
Trivium, 88
Trobar clus,350 , 417
Tropic:
of Cancer, 77 , 80 , 83 , 111 , 205 , 363 , 380 –381;
of Capricorn, 363 , 380 –381
Troping, of elements and terms, 163
Troubadours, 21 , 24 , 116 , 177 , 203 , 379 , 381 , 385 , 403 –404, 443 , 444 ;
seasonal topos of, 78 , 350 , 352 .
See also Bernart de Ventadour; Daniel, Arnaut; Raimbaut d'Aurenga; Raimbaut de Vacqueiras; Trobar clus
Trouvères, 379
Tuckerman, Brian, 353
Tyndareus, 88
U
Ubertino da Casale, 399
Ugolino, Count, 220 –223, 243 –245, 249 –250
Uguccione da Pisa, 375 , 401 , 431
Ulisse, 422
Ulrich of Strasburg, 341 , 393 , 396
Ursa major (constellation), 77 , 209
V
Valli, L., 341 –342
Vallone, Aldo, 397 , 399 , 401 , 402 , 404 , 406 , 407 , 410 , 414
Vanasco, Rocco, 374 , 376 , 379 , 380
Vandelli, G., 369
Vanni Fucci, 202 , 212
Vanossi, Luigi, 372 , 373
Venus (goddess), 183 , 247 , 407 , 416
Venus (planet), 8 , 73 , 80 –87, 205 , 206 , 215 , 241 , 247 , 270 , 352 –355, 363 , 364 , 380 , 407 ;
positions in 1300 and 1301, 354 –355, 364
Vernet, A., 370
Virgil, 431 ;
Aeneid , 1 , 407 ;
Aen.4 , 71 , 183 –185, 188 , 194 , 349 –350, 352 , 382 , 405 , 407 –409, 413 , 420 ;
Aen.6 , 258 , 263 , 337 , 366 , 438 , 443 ;
Aen.8 , 350 , 381 –382, 420 ;
Eclogue 1 , 375 ;
Eclogue 4 , 215 , 333 , 335 , 363 , 437 ;
Eclogue 8 , 437 ;
Georgics, 422
Virgo (zodiacal sign), 87
Vlastos, Gregory, 10
von Ivánka, Endrc, 341
von Simson, Otto, 385
Vulgate Cycle (Arthurian romances), 438 –439
W
Wallis, R. T., 410
Water (element), 225 ;
and crystal, 37 –38, 140 –142, 150 , 225 –227;
and first matter, 149 –150, 225 , 387 ;
and the moon, 225 .
See also Elements; Fire; Microcosm
Weisheipl, James A., 338
Westra, H. J., 361
Wetherbee, Winthrop, 361 , 370
Wilhelm, James, 418 –419
William of Champeaux, 341
William of Moerbeck, 36 , 365
Willis, James, 360 , 361 , 363 , 380
Wind, Edgar, 255
Wingell, Albert E., 431
Wipfel, J. F., 339
Wisdom (Bible), 198
Witelo, 36 , 366
Wood, Chauncey, 353
Woolsey, R. B., 347
World-Soul, 347 , 349 ;
in Boethius, 14 –18, 67 –68, 229 , 234 , 336 ;
Dante and the, 67 –68, 124 –125, 147 –148, 229 , 234 , 240 , 349 , 427 ;
human soul as analog of, 11 ,
World-Soul
15 , 17 , 68 , 125 –126, 147 –148, 169 ;
in Macrobius, 169 ;
in Plato, 9 –11, 14 –16, 18 , 48 , 124 –125, 147 –148, 333 , 379 , 427 .
See also Microcosm; Midpoint; Same and Other
Wrobel, J., 370
Wyckoff, Dorothy, 37 , 338 –339, 388
Y
Year, solar, 72 –74, 84 , 118 –19, 132 , 151 , 202 , 213 , 238
Year, Great, 437 , 442
Z
Zahlten, Johannes, 337 , 373 , 425
Zechariah, Book of, 382
Zenith, 246 , 380
Zenker, R., 373
Zephaniah, Book of, 382
Zeugma, 116
Zeus. See Jupiter (god)
Zodiac, 10 , 39 , 80 , 91 , 119 , 216 , 236 , 240 , 269 , 362 , 380 , 428 , 431 , 435 , 442 ;
and assignment of signs to planets, 380 ;
constellations of, relation to signs, 364 –365.
See also Ecliptic; Equinox; Houses; Solstice; Sun
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