by Dante
role in indirect creation, XIII.43–48, 61–66
Seraphim, as highest order, associated with loving, IX.77–78
singing in Latin and in Italian, XXIV.113–114; XXVII.1–3
substantiality of, XIII.59
Thrones, as representing divine justice, IX.61–63; XIX.28–30
Anselm of Canterbury, St., VII.52–120; XXXI.7–12
Apollinaris, St., XV.22–24
Apollo:
as Christ, I.13–15, 13, 19, 25–27
as God the Father, I.22–24; XXXIII.65–66
as Holy Spirit, I.19
as pagan divinity, XIII.25–27; XVII.1–6; XXI.58–60; XXII.37–45
as triune, II.7–9
Apostles, VII.6; X.97–99; XII.37–39; XIV.67–78; XV.32–33, 39; XXIII.73–75, 130–135; XXIV.13–18, 19–21, 137–138; XXV.13–15; XXVI.3; XXVII.86; XXIX.112–114
Aquinas, Thomas, I.1, 73, 78; II.37–45; IV.1–3, 24, 43–48, 55–63; V.66–68; VII.52–120; VIII.139–142; X.82–99, 97–99, 99, 121–129, 133–138; XI.73, 111; XII.74–75; XIII.59, 128–129; XIV.34–36; XVIII.1–3, 16–18, 109–111; XIX.2, 25–33; XX.91–93, 106–117, 130–148; XXI.34–42, 77, 111; XXII.124–129; XXIII.95; XXIV.64–66; XXV.118–121; XXVI.6; XXVIII.41–42, 112–114, 127–129; XXIX.22–24, 31–36, 31–32, 37–45, 61–63, 65–66, 70–81, 82–84, 97–102, 100, 133–135; XXXI.12, 71; XXXII.34–36, 76–84; XXXIII.118–120, 139–141
Arcas, XXXI.32–33
archimandrita (as differentiated from patriarca), XI.99, 118–123
Arena di Verona, as model for Rose? XXX.117, 124–129
Ariadne’s crown, XIII.13–15
Aristotle:
as opposed to Plato, IV.34–39, 55–63; X.133–138; XXVIII.41–42
as opposing Parmenides, Melissus, and Bryson, XIII.125
Dante’s sense of his philosophy, X.133–138
on aether, as fifth “element,” XXII.132
on contradictions, VI.19–21
on instantaneity, XXIX.7–8
on nature’s providing, VIII.112–114
on tetragon, XVII.24
on winds becoming visible, VIII.23
“physiology of mind,” XIX.9
(references to specific works:)
De animalibus, I.46–48
De caelo, I.91–93; II.31–36; IV.1–3; XXVIII.41–42
De causis, XXVI.37–39
De meteoris, I.91–93; XV.13–24
Ethics, II.112–114; IV.40; XII.82–85; XVII.118; XIX.121; XXVI.37–39
Metaphysics, I.1; XXVI.37–39; XXVIII.41–42, 43–45
Physics, XIII.100; XXVII.115–120, 136–138; XXIX.133–135
Politics, VIII.115–117, 118–120
Rhetoric, I.1–36
Arnaut Daniel, XXVI.132
artista (artist), XIII.77; XVIII.51
ascents to the various spheres, XXI.1–4
astrology, Intro (2); IV.58–60; XXI.25–27
Augustine, St.:
and hope, XXV.73–78
and music of the spheres, I.78
and not Augustino, follower of Francis, XII.130
attributing memory to angels, XXIX.82–84
Dante’s view of, XXXII.34–36
denying Solomon’s authorship of the biblical book Wisdom, XVIII.91–93
denying Solomon’s salvation, X.109–114; XIII.140–142; XIV.34–36; XX.69
denying state’s capacity to dispense true justice, XVIII.115–117; XIX.1–6
his life as exemplary, X.37–39
his Rule taken by Dominic, XXXII.35
on good nature of fallen angels and the “delay” before they fell, XXIX.50
on Paul’s raptus, XXXIII.139–141
reburial at Pavia, X.128
view on length of time before time began, XXIX.19–21
views on length of time the world will endure, XXVI.121–123
views on limits of the influence of the stars, IV.58–60
views on predestination, VIII.106–108; XX.130–148
views on unformed matter, IV.64–65
(references to specific works:)
Confessiones, Intro. (2); I.91–93; III.85; VII.12; XXIV.106–110; XXVII.79–87; XXXI.17–18
De civitate Dei, IV.43–48; X.118–120; XXI.111; XXVI.93; XXXIII.65–66
De doctrina christiana, XIX.2; XX.127–129
Enarrationes in Psalmos, V.6; IX.40
Augustus Caesar, XXX.136
Aurora, XXX.7–8
Ave Maria, XXXIII.34–39
Averroism, II.59–60, 61–63; X.133–138, 133–135; XII.140–141; XXIX.22–24, 31–36, 82–84
Avicenna, XXVIII.41–42
“Avignonian captivity” of the Church, IX.137–142; XII.55; XVIII.130, XXVII.136–138
babytalk, XV.121–123; XXXIII.106–108
baptism, imagery of, XXX.70–75
Beatrice:
addressed as tu finally, not as voi, XXXI.79–90
as “allegorical” or not, XXVIII.3
as Ananias, XXV.9–12
as “author” of the poem, V.16–17
as “commentator” on the poem, VII.19–24
as Daedalus, XXV.49–51
as Dante’s “mother,” XXII.4–6
as Dante’s “savior,” XXIII.34
as figurally related to Christ, XXXI.77, 79–81
as gust of wind, XXVI.85–90
as having descended from Heaven twice, XXX.19–21
as masculine, XXX.37
as mind-reader, I.85–87
as “nine,” XXXII.9
as sexual being, XXVIII.10–12
as speaker of opening lines of cantos, XXIV.1–9
described in terms that recall Dante’s description of St. Augustine, X.37–39
extended silence of, XIV.10–18; XVII.7–12; XVIII.5–6
her departure a surprise, XXX.142–148
her name occurring 63 times, XXVI.118; XXXII.9
pale or ruddy with emotion? XXVII.28–30, 31–36
physical origin of Dante’s love for, XXVI.13–15
rejected (in favor of Lady Philosophy) in Convivio, VIII.34–39; XXXI.140
Beethoven, Ludwig von, XII.22–25
Bernard, St., 1.67–72, 70–72; III.4–9, 58–63; X.131–132; XV.139–144; XVI.16; XXI.115–117; XXII.10–12, 133–150; XXIII.50; XXVIII.104; XXIX.106–114; XXXI.7–12, 109–111; XXXIII.14–15, 131
Bible:
Genesis, II.133–138; V.49–51; XII.71–72; XIII.100; XIV.89; XXI.8, 28–30; XXII.70–72, 77; XXVI.121–123, 124–126; XXIX.19–21, 37–45; XXXII.10, 67–75
Exodus, XXII.94–96; XXVI.40–45; XXXI.85; XXXII.130–132
Leviticus, V.49–51, 52–63
Deuteronomy, XIX.1
Joshua, IX.118–119; XXII.94–96
Judges, V.64–72, 70
Ruth, XXXII.11–12
I Samuel, IV.29
II Kings, XX.49–51
III Kings, XIII.88–96, 106–108
Judith, XXXII.10, 11–12
Job, V.116–117; XXV.52–57; XXIX.133–135
Psalms, I.97; II.10–12; VI.7; XIX.58–60; XXII.88–96, 94–96; XXIII.133–135; XXV.70–78, 97–99, 112–114; XXIX.37–45; XXX.22–27, 57; XXXI.12; XXXII.11–12, 95; XXXIII.139–141
Proverbs, XIX.40
Wisdom, II.10–12; XVIII.91–93, 94, 101
Song of Solomon, III.100–102; XXVII.136–138
Ecclesiasticus, XXIX.37–45; XXXII.97
Isaiah, IX.77–78; XII.58–60; XX.49–51; XXV.89–96; XXVI.67–69
Jeremiah, IV.29; XXVII.1–3, 22–24, 55–57
Ezechiel, XVIII.29; XXXI.13–15; XXXII.37–39; XXXIII.144
Daniel, IV.13–15; X.40–42; XXIX.133–135; XXX.61; XXXI.13–15
Amos, XXVI.76
Malachi, XIX.87; XXXII.67–75
Matthew, I.11; III.100–102; IX.118–119; X.109–114, 144; XII.74–75, 118–120; XIV.106, 108; XV.88–89; XVII.121–122; XVIII.29, 122–124; XIX.14–15, 109–114; XX.94–96; XXII
.151; XXIII.133; XXIV.1, 22, 34–36, 39, 108, 139–147; XXV.28–33; XXVII.55–57; XXIX.97–102; XXXI.12, 13–15; XXXII.11–12, 31, 32–33
Mark, III.102; XII.76–78; XV.32–33, 88–89; XXIV.22; XXIX.97–102
Luke, III.85, 100–102; VII.20–21; X.106–108; XII.58–60; XV.88–89; XVII.27, 89–90; XVIII.122–124; XIX.70–78; XXI.84, 129; XXII.151; XXIV.1, 22, 124–126, 136, 139–147, 148–150; XXV.28–33, 89–96; XXVII.148; XXIX.97–102; XXX.49, 129; XXXII.32–33; XXXIII.7
John, VII.39; XVII.31–36; XXI.127–128; XXIV.52–57, 124–138, 124–126, 139–147; XXV.112–114; XXVI.44, 64–66; XXXI.64
Acts, VII.6; X.115–117; XV.32–33; XVIII.122–124; XX.67–72; XXII.88; XXV.82–87, 136–139; XXVI.9–12, 80; XXX.49, 129; XXXI.2–3; XXXIII.139–141
Romans, XIX.79–90, 79–81, 88–90; XXVIII.130–135
I Corinthians, VII.145–148; XIX.7–12; XXI.129; XXIII.37–39; XXVI.6; XXVIII.136–139; XXX.129
II Corinthians, I.4–6, 73; XXIV.139–147
Ephesians, III.85; XXVIII.130–135
Philippians, XXXIII.127–132, 131
Colossians, XIV.83; XXVIII.130–135
Hebrews, IX.118–119; XIV.83; XXIV.64–66
I Peter, XXIV.139–147
I John, XXIV.139–147
James, IX.118–119; XXII.64; XXV.13–15, 28–33, 73–78, 94–96
Apocalypse, XI.53–54; XV.50; XVII.91–93, 130–132; XIX.10, 113; XXIII.19–21; XXIV.1; XXV.89–96, 94–96, 127–129; XXVI.16–18, 44, 53, 67–69; XXIX.133–135; XXX.61, 95–99
biblical provenance of three archangels, IV.46–48, 48
blindness, IV.139–142; XXV.118–121; XXVI.9–12, 80
Boccaccio, Giovanni, IV.48; X.99; XV.118–120, 127–129; XVI.50; XVII.111; XXII.133–153; XXIV.115; XXIX.94–96, 103–108
Boethius, I.74; II.4–6; VI.25–27; VII.64–65; VIII.40–41; X.121–129, 128; XII.7–8; XIII.59; XV.145–148; XVI.1–9; XVII.24, 130–132; XIX.85; XX.67–72; XXI.28–30; XXII.1, 133–153, 151; XXIII.74; XXVIII.55–57, 79–87; XXXI.30; XXXIII.28–33, 144
Bonaventure, St., XI.53–54, 88–93; XII.127–128; XXVI.9–12; XXVII.109, 136–138; XXVIII.104; XXIX.70–81; XXX.61; XXXII.139; XXXIII.97, 139–141
Boncampagno da Signa, XXXII.140–141
Boniface VIII (pope), IX.137–142; XII.87, 88–90; XV.127–129; XVII.49–51, 52–54, 97–99; XXII.13–15; XXVII.22–24, 25–27, 46–48, 49–51
Bonvesin de la Riva, XX.103–105
“Book of Life,” XIX.113
Brunetto Latini, I.46–48; VI.4–6; X.109–114; XVI.42; XVII.24, 119, 121–122; XXV.28–33; XXVIII.79–87, 130–135
Buridan’s ass, V.1–3
Cacciaguida’s self-narrative, longest in canticle, XV.130–148
Callisto, XXXI.32–33
Cangrande della Scala, IX.46–48; XVII.70–71, 76–90, 78, 79–81, 82–84, 85, 89–90, 91–93, 94–96; XVIII.130.
cantilena (sacred song), XXXII.97
canto, meanings of, I.12
cantos:
beginning with spoken words, V.1; VII.1; XXXIII.1
beginnings and endings of, III.124–130
lengthy openings of, VIII.1–12; XIII.1–24
capestro and corda, words for cincture worn by friars, XI.87
cappuccio (cowl), XXIX.117
Cato the Younger, XXXI.25–27
Cavalcanti, Guido, I.10; V.7; VII.14; IX.25–36; X.133–138; XXVI.42; XXVII.67–72; XXXIII.116–120
Cecco Angiolieri, IX.96; XXVII.130–135
Celestine V (pope), III.35–36; IX.133–135; X.99; XI.58–60
Cervantes, XIII.2–3
Charlemagne, VI.94–96; XVII.91–93; XVIII.37–51, 43, 46; XX.37–72; XXXI.127
Chaucer, I.13; XIX.10; XXII.133–153; XXXIII.15
chiasmus (rhetorical figure), VI.10; VII.46–48; XIV.40–51; XX.98–99, 103–105
Christ:
and Mary (and no others) in Heaven in body, XXV.122–129
as Apollo, I.13–15
as conquering death, XIV.127–129
as direct creation of God, XIII.43–48
as harvesting the saints, XXIII.19–21
as “husband,” III.100–102; XIV.36
as “justly” punished, VI.82–91, 88–90, 92–93; VII.19–24, 34–45
as model for Beatrice’s descent into Hell, XXXI.79–81, 85
as pelican, XXV.112–114
as present to Dante in the Starry Sphere, XXIII.25–30, 31–33, 37–39
being “sold” by the Roman clergy, XVII.49–51, 51
belief in Him necessary for salvation, XIX.103–105; XX.67–72, 103–105
Francis as a “second Christ,” XI.28–36
imitation of, XI.61–63
phoenix, as symbol of, XXIII.1–12
stupefaction of those witnessing the Transfiguration, XV.32–33
those He harrowed from Hell as having gone directly to Heaven, VIII.119–123
three visions of (in Paradiso), XIV.108
wound in side and Adam’s rib, XIII.37–42, 40–41
Church as chariot of war, XII.106–111; XX.127–129
Cicero, 1.78; V.64–72; VIII.40–41; XV.107–108; XVII.24; XVIII.115–117; XXII.133–153
Cino da Pistoia, I.35–36; XXV.2
Circe, XXVII.136–138
circumcision, XXXII.40–48, 43, 79
Clement V (pope), VIII.76–78; XVII.82–84; XXII.13–15; XXVII.22–24, 58–60
clock, mechanical, X.139–148
coelum Trinitatis (the heaven of the Trinity), XXXI.12
compass, II.9; XII.26–30; XIX.40
concetto (concept), XV.40–42; XVIII.82–87; XXXIII.67–75, 127
conforto (comfort), noun used of Virgil and of Beatrice, XVIII.8
Constantine (emperor), VI.2–3; IX.1–6; XX.55–60; XXIII.1–12; XXXI.127
contemplation, three stages of in Richard of St. Victor, XXXII.8
contingency, XIII.61–66; XVII.13–18, 37; XVIII.3; XXV.1
corda (cord), XXVIII.12
correction/perfection of will/intellect, IV.136–138
cortese (courtly), meaning transformed by heavenly context, XV.48
costrutto (construct), XII.67; XXIII.24
creation, primary and secondary, VII.67, 72, 124–138; XIII.79–87
crudo (cruel), XII.57
Curio, VI.61–63
Daedalus, VIII.122–126; XIII.67–78; XV.54, 72; XXV.49–51; XXXII.145–148
Dante:
and the Exodus, XXV.52–57; XXVI.62–63
and the hypersphere, XXVII.109
and the Libro della scala, XXVIII.91–93
and Thomas Aquinas, X.99
as Arachne, I.20–21
as avoiding pride, I.34
as babe, XXX.82–90
as behaving childishly, III.25–28
as called to prophecy, XXVII.64–66
as comic poet with tragic reach, XVII.133–134; XXXIII.19–20
as David, XX.40–42
as drunk, XXVII.1–3
as having broken a vow, IV.139–142
as Hippolytus (alias Virbius), XVII.46
as hopeful, XXV.97–99
as humble, XI.64–66
as Nebuchadnezzar, IV.13–15
as not speaking, VII.124–129; IX.73–81
as Phaeton, XVII.1–6, 13–18
as poet of empire, 1.29; VII.4–5
as present in the heavens in the flesh, I.4–6, 73, 79–81; II.37–45; VIII.13–15; XV.30; XXII.129; XXVII.64–66, 85–87
as rigorist in interpreting vows, V.25–33
as scribe, V.85; X.27; XX.30; XXIV.31–33, 61; XXV.2, 25, 127–129
as self-conscious, playful writer, V.16–17, 122–123; XVII.127–129
as Solomon, X.109–114
as Thomist or Franciscan? XXVIII.72, 109–111
as Uzzah, I.20–21
bidding farewell to Verona, XVII.142
details of his daily life, XXIII.88–89
“fathers” of, X
V.25–27; XVI.16; XXXI.63; XXXII.100–102
his hopes for renewed crusading, IX.137–142
his name appearing only once, XXVI.104
his theory of the physics of light, XII.9; XXIII.82–84; XXXI.94–99; XXXIII.52–54
his vernacular as mother’s milk, XXIII.121–126
imperial hopes of, XVII.91–93
palinode of earlier work, VIII.34–39, 39, 40–41; IX.61–63; XVIII.91–93; XXVII.148
pessimism about future of the Church, XXVII.136–138
speaking in present tense, XXXIII.61
“three Dantes,” XXXIII.91–93
use of acrostics, XIX.115–139
use of exempla, XVII.133–142, XIX.18
Dante (as author):
Convivio, I.1, 1–36, 37–45; II.1–6, 10–12, 59–60, 112–114, 139–141; III.91–96; IV.24, 25, 33, 43–48, 49–54, 82–87, 139–142; V.1–6, 129; VI.34, 40–42, 55–57; VIII.3, 9, 12, 34–39, 39, 40–41, 55–57, 112–114, 118–120, 136; IX.40, 49–51; X.1–6, 6, 9, 32–33, 37–39, 52–54, 61–63, 109–114, 121–129; XI.5, 67–69; XII.3, 9, 82–85; XIII.16–18, 59, 97, 133–138, 139; XIV.88–96, 97–102, 101; XV.22–24, 26; XVI.1–9, 33; XVII.58, 91–93, 118, 127–129; XVIII.22–27, 74, 91–93, 91; XIX.40, 79–81, 85; XX.6, 121; XXI.25–27; XXII.145–146; XXIV.5, 134; XXVII.9, 61–63, 100–102, 115–120, 145–148, 148; XXVIII.55–57, 97–129, 130–135; XXIX.50; XXX.1–3, 4–6, 25–27, 30, 38–42, XXXI.19–27, 140; XXXII.35
De vulgari eloquentia, IX.84; XIII.139; XVI.10–12, 33; XVII.31; XIX.133–138; XXIII.64–66; XXIV.4; XXVI.114, 124–126, 134; XXVIII.105; XXIX.70–81; XXX.22–27
Egloghe, XV.51; XXIII.55–59, 130–132; XXV.1, 7, 7–9
Epistola a Cangrande, I.1–36, 2–3, 4, 9, 10–12, 13–36, 13–15; IV.13–15, 43–48, 55–63; IX.29–30; X.131–132; XI.139; XIII.103–105; XIV.33; XVII.52–54, 85; XVIII.91–93; XXIII.50; XXIV.4; XXVI.16–18; XXVIII.55–57; XXXI.109–111
Epistole (I–XII), IV.29; XI.99; XVII.46–48, 118; XXII.16–18, 151; XXIII.133–135; XXIV.4; XXVII.145–148; XXX.133–138, 135, 139
Monarchia, VI.35–36, 55–57, 82–91, 94–96; VIII.55–57, 112–114; X.27; XI.99; XIII.125, 140–142; XV.26; XVI.1–9; XVII.118; XIX.88–90; XX.8, 55–60; XXI.127–135; XXII.151; XXIV.59, 124–126; XXVII.61–63, 136–138; XXIX.70–81; XXXI.30
Questio, VIII.112–114
Rime, XXV.2, 4
Vita nuova, III.1; VII.14; XV.39, 48; XXIII.31–33, 49–51, 54, 64–66; XXV.8, 18; XXVI.13–15, 42; XXVII.1–3, 67–72; XXX.25–27, 28–29; XXXI.79–81, 103–111; XXXIII.121
Il Fiore (attributed to Dante by some), II.59–60; X.133–138; XXX.124
dating of Monarchia, V.19–24
David, IV.29; VI.55–57; XVIII.118–136; XX.37–39, 40–42; XXIV.70–78, 73–78; XXVI.135; XXXII.11–12; XXXIII.1