Preferred Citation: Durling, Robert M., and Ronald L. Martinez Time and the Crystal: Studies in Dante's Rime petrose. Berkeley:  University of California Press,  c1990 1990. http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft8s200961/


 

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,


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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


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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;


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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,


473

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


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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


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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


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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


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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


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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


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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


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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,


481

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


482

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


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—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 ;


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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 ;

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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 ;

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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.

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Preferred Citation: Durling, Robert M., and Ronald L. Martinez Time and the Crystal: Studies in Dante's Rime petrose. Berkeley:  University of California Press,  c1990 1990. http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft8s200961/