Paradiso (The Divine Comedy series Book 3)

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