by Dante
Venus, XXV.132; XXVIII.65
Verde, III.131
Verona, XVIII.118
Wenceslaus, VII.101
William, the Marquis, VII.134
Xerxes, XXVIII.71
Zion, IV.68
INDEX OF SUBJECTS TREATED IN NOTES
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This index is meant to help the reader find subjects, treated in the notes, that may not be readily remembered as being related to a particular passage.
abbreviatio XX.103–105
Acedia (Sloth) as defined by St. Thomas XVII.82–87; XIX.49–51
Achilles IX.34–42; XXI.82–93
acrostics XII.25–63
Adam, his years on earth XXXIII.58–63
Adam and Eve, driven from Eden IX.82
addresses to the reader VIII.19–21
advents of Christ VIII.103–108; XXX.8–9
Aeolian harp XXVIII.19–21
Albertus Magnus XV.16–24
Alfraganus VIII.85–93
aliger (wingèd), D. as IX.28–30
“allegory of the poets” IX.70–72
Amata, wrath of XVII.34–39
Ambrose, St. IX.139–145
Amphiaraus, as stand-in for Statius XII.49–51
Anchises VII.87–90
angelic speech XV.38–39
angels, two on terrace of Lust XXVII.10–12; XXVII.58
Annunciation X.34–45; X.46–54
Antaeus XXII.55–63
Antenor, as founder of Padua V.74
ante-purgatory, periods of waiting III.139
antiphrasis (rhetorical trope) XII.70–72
apprehensiva (power of perception) XVIII.22–27
Argus XXX.103–105; XXXII.64–69
Ariosto XIV.109–110
Aristotle XV.13–15; XVIII.67–69; XXI.1; XXII.49–51
art, mimetic X.31–33; X.130–135
Astraea XXII.70–72; XXVIII.142–144
Augustine, St. I.130–132; III.107–108; VI.148–151; IX.139–145; XI.11; XV.46–57; XV.97–99; XVI.100–102; XXII.40–48; XXX.63; XXX.85–99; XXIX.100–104; XXXII.118–123; XXXIII.54
Aurora IX.1–9
Avarice as “root sin” XX.4–9
Ave, as palindrome of “Eva” VIII.37–39
Avignon, removal of Church to XXXII.148–160
Babel, Tower of XII.34–36
balbus vs. planus XIX.7–9
baptism, rite of I.124–129
Barbarossa (Frederick I) XVIII.118–120
Beatitudes, the XII.110
Beatrice:
as admiral XXX.43–48; XXX.58
as bride XXX.10–12
as “donna santa e presta”? XIX.26–27; XIX.52–60
as Faith? XV.77; XVIII.46–48
as Marcellus XXX.21
as Minerva XXX.31–33
as Theology? XVIII.70–75
hosanna in praise of XXX.16–18; XXX.19
named 63 times in Commedia XV.77
naming self XIX.19
reproaches of XXX.118–138; XXX.124–126; XXXI.25–30
Beckett, Samuel IV.98–99; IV.133–135; V.endnote
Bible, vernacularization of X.1–24
Blacatz VI.61–63
Boccaccio XI.94–96; XXI.82–93
Boethius XIV.52–54; XIV.148–151; XXX.54; XXX.63; XXXI.45
Bonaventura, St. XI.135; XXV.128
Boniface VIII XV. 118–123; XX.85–90
Brunetto Latini XVIII.17–18
Byron, Lord VIII.1–9
Caesar, Julius I.31; VI.124–126; IX.133–138; XVIII.101–102; XX.116–117; XXVI.77–78
Calliope I.7–12
Calypso XIX.22–24
Campaldino, battle of V.88
canticum novum of Apoc. 14:3 XXXII.61–62
cantos, lengths of XVII.118–119; XXXII.1–3; XXXIII.136–141
captatio benevolentiae I.78–84; III.73–78; XIII.85–93; XVI.31–36
Carthage, historiated walls of X.103–105
Cato of Utica:
as “figure” of Christ I.71–74
as guardian of entire mountain I.66
as Moses I.34–36
as St. Paul I.118–121
salvation of I.75
Cavalcanti, Guido VII.73–78; VIII.79–81; XIV.14–15; XXVIII.43–48
cenno (sign), various meanings of XXI.14–15
Charity (as “donna santa e presta”?) XIX.52–60
Charon’s skiff II.42; II.49–51
Chaucer XXI.82–93
Christ, last words of XXIII.72–75
Church Militant XXXII.19–24; XXXII.109–160
Church Triumphant XXIX.145–150; XXXII.19–24
Cicero XIII.31–33; XIX.22–24; XX.116–117
cima as indicating the forehead XI.91–93
Cino da Pistoia XXVI.112; XXVI.140–147
Circe XIV.37–42; XIX.22–24
Clement, St. XXII.82–87
Cleopas XXI.7–9
coinages III.15
Colonna, Sciarra XX.85–90
comedy (Christian) IX.34–42; X.67–69; XXI.97–99; XXX.21; XXXIII.10–12
conception necessary to poet XXIX.37–42
confession IX.94–102; XXXI.10–11; XXXI.31–33; XXXI.37–39; XXXI.58–60
conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter XX.13–14
Constances, characters in third cantos III.143
corbel X.130–135
Croce, Benedetto XVIII.49–75
Cross, Legend of the Wood of the XXXII.51
Dante:
as Adam IX.10–11
as Aeneas XXXI.70–75
as Augustine IX.139–145
as David V.23–24; X.65
as drunk XV.118–123
as Ganymede IX.22–24
as God’s scribe XXI.22–24
as Jacob XXVII.100–108
as lacking in zeal XVIII.8
as Latin “author” XXX.17
as Narcissus XXX.76–78; XXX.85–99
as Orpheus XXX.49–51
as pilgrim XXXIII.97
as poet and protagonist XXVIII.43–51
as St. Paul V.9; XVI.41–42; XXIX.37–42
as Tuscan XIV.19
bearded? XXXI.68
condemned to be burned alive XXVII.17–18
dreams of XXX.134
his “fathers” XVIII.17–18
his name spoken once XXX.55; XXX.63
his pride XII.7–9; XIII.133–138; XIV.20–21
nodding XXXIII.46–51
recognized by certain souls XXVI.55–66
date of journey I.19–21; II.94–105
David X.65
Delos, how made stable? XX.130–132
describing the undescribable XXXII.64–69
Dido (and Pia de’ Tolomei) V.135–136
“digression” VI.73–75
dolce stil novo:
nature of XXIV.52–54;
other practitioners of XXIV.52–54; XXIV.55–63; XXVI.112
Domitian (emperor) XXII.64–66; XXII.82–87
Donation of Constantine XXXII.124–129
doves II.124–132
dreams:
at morning IX.16–18
formulaic vocabulary of IX.19; XXVII.94–99
state between sleep and waking XVII.40–45; XVIII.141–142
three Purgatorial dreams as “nines” XVIII.145
eagle, allegories of IX.20–21
earthly paradise:
as “eighth terrace” XXIX.61–63; XXIX.115–120
weather in XXVIII.103–120
earthquake at Statius’s completed penance XXI.40–60
ecstatic vision XV.85–86
Elysian fields I.124–129
embraces, program of II.79–81; VI.73–75; XXI.130–136
emeralds VII.73–78
Emmaus, road to XXI.7–9; XXI.130–136
emperor as spiritual guide XVI.94–96
Envy, livid color of XIII.8–9
Epicureans XVIII.34–39
Eteocles XXII.55–63
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Euclid XV.16–24
exemplarity XII.13–15
exemplars:
anonymous XXV.133–135
“informal” presentation of XXVI.77–78
modes of presentation of XVIII.99–138
pattern of X.97–99
reactions of Dante and of Virgil XV.115–138; XV.130–132
Exodus II.46–48
expiation, on each terrace X.1–24
falconry XIX.63–69
families, separated in the afterworld XXIV.10
fantasy (see imaginativa)
Farinata XIV.14–15
femmina balba XIX.7–9; XIX.16–18
Florus XX.116–117
France, as enemy of Italy XX.43–45; XX.67–81
Francesca da Rimini XIV.125; XVIII.28–33
Francis, St. XI.4–6; XI.135; XXXII.94
frate, as address IV.127; XIX.133
Frederick II (emperor) XVI.115–120
free will, pivotal role of XVIII.70–75
freedom I.71–74; XVI.79–81
galeotto (helmsman) II.19–30
gemology VII.73–78
Geryon XIV.148–151
Gethsemane XIX.34–35
Giacomo da Lentini XV.46–57
Giotto XV.107
giustizia and pietà, occurring together XI.37–45
gloria, various meanings of XI.97–98
Golden Age XXII.148–154; XXVIII.142–144
golden bough I.133–136
golden calf II.118–121
golden mean XXII.49–51
green as color of hope III.131–135
Gregory the Great (pope) III.139; X.73–93
griffin, meaning of XXIX.108
Guido da Montefeltro XIV.52–54; XV.118–123; XX.85–90
Guinizzelli, Guido XVIII.17–18; XXIV.49–51
Guittone d’Arezzo XI.97–98
“hallelujah,” as found in Apocalypse XXX.13–15
hand signals III.101–102
hapax VII.21
Harpies (Aeneid III) XIX.31–33
Henry VII, emperor VI.97–102; VII.95–96; IX.109; XVI.79–81; XVI.100–102; XX.15; XXXIII.43–45
“hermaphrodite,” as meaning heterosexual XXVI.82
Herse XIV.37–42
Homer XIX.22–24; XXI.82–93
homosexuality IX.25–27; XXVI.40
Hopkins, Gerard Manley X.138
Horace XIV.82–84; XXII.97–108
Hosanna (Hebrew word) XXIX.47–51
Hugh of St. Victor XXXI.47–54
humility I.94–99
Hypsipyle XXII.109–114
imaginativa (fantasia) XVII.13–18; XVII.25; XVIII.22–27
imperial authority XVI.106–108
incubus XI.27
intellect, correction and perfection of XXVII.139–141
intellectual parity of the saved XXI.33
interjections, as not translatable XI.11
invocations I.7–12
irony XII.100–108
Isidore of Seville XI.11; XV.106–114; XIX.22–24
Italy, political condition of VI.13–24; XX.46–48
Itys XVII.21
Jesus, transfiguration of XXXII.73–84
Jocasta XXII.55–63
John of Damascus XIV.82–84
John of Salisbury XV.94–105; XIX.106–114
John the Baptist XXXII.43–48
John the Divine XV.124–126; XXIX.143–144
Josephus XXIII.25–30
Jove (Jupiter) VI.118–123; IX.28–30
justice X.94–96
Justinian VI.88–89
Juvenal XXI.88; XXII.10–18
keys of St. Peter IX.117–126
kingdom, purgatory as I.4–6
Knights Templars XX.91–93
Lady Philosophy XXXI.133–138
Lazarus XXXII.73–84
literal sense of poem as historical XXIX.105
Lot’s wife IX.131–132; X.1–6
love:
as central concern of this cantica XVIII.49–75
color of, red or white? XIX.10–15
three wrong forms purged on the mountain XVII.93–96
Lucy, St. IX.55
malizia (malice) XVI.53–63
Manfred:
as David, Roland, Marcellus, Deiphobus III.107–108
bearing marks of Christ and of Cain III.111
Manto XXII.109–114
Marco Polo I.22–24; VIII.85–93
marriages, unhappy XXIV.13–15
marrying in heaven? XIX.136–138
Mars (planet) II.13–18
martyrdom XV.106–114
martyrs, scars of III.107–108
Mary Magdalen XXI.130–136
Matelda:
interaction with others in Eden? XXXIII.128–135
nature of her affection for Dante XXVIII.43–48; XXIX.1–3
Mercury (the god) XIV.37–42; XIV.139
messo (angel) XV.28–33
mezzo, as middle zone of air I.14–18
Michael (archangel) V.104–108; XIV.37–42
Michelangelo X.31–33
midpoint of the poem XVI.1–7; XVII.118–119
Miserere (first word of Psalm 50) XXIII.42–48
moderno XVI.41–42
moles, partial sight in XVII.1–9
Musaeus VII.40
Muses I.7–12
myrtle, as poetic crown XXI.90
naming formulae III.112
Nero (emperor) XXII.82–87
Nicodemus, Gospel of XXXII.51
northern hemisphere as “widowed” I.26
Oedipus XXI.82–93; XXII.55–63; XXXIII.46–51
olive branch (in Aeneid) II.70–74
ombra, as exegetical term XXI.10–14
omo, as read in human faces XXIII.32–33
organs (musical instruments) in Dante’s time IX.139–145
Orosius XX.116–117; XXII.82–87
Orpheus IX.131–132; X.1–6
P’s on Dante’s forehead unique? IX.112; XXI.22–24; XXII.1–6
pagans saved in the Commedia X.73–93
Palinurus III.130; V.91–93; VI.28–33
parables of Jesus XVIII.28–33
parere (as “seem” or “appear”) XV.85–114
pastorella (genre of poetry) XXVIII.43–48
Paul, St. XXVII.25–27; XXXII.72; XXXIII.142–145
“pedagogue,” role in ancient Greece XII.1–3
penitence, self-judged XXI.61–66
penitents, various movements of XVIII.89–90
Peraldus XII.13–15
Peter, St. IX.117–126; XXII.64–66
Petrarch XIX.106–114
Phaeton IV.67–75
phantasy (see imaginativa)
Philip IV of France XX.85–90; XX.94–96; XXXII.148–160; XXXIII.16–18
Philomel and Procne IX.13–15; XVII.19–20
piacere as “beauty” XXXI.47–54
Pier delle Vigne VI.19–24
pilgrimage II.10–12; II.63
Plato:
Phaedrus XXXII.9
plurality of souls in IV.1–15
playfulness, poetic XV.1–6; XXXII.64–69
plenitudo temporis (fullness of time) XVI.106–108
Poliziano XXII.67–73
Polynices XXII.55–63
Pompey XV.107; XX.116–117
Pontius Pilate XX.85–90
possible intellect, the XXV.62–66
Praxiteles X.31–33
prayer IV.133–135; V.89–90; XVIII.103
Pride, as root sin XII.121–123
Prodigality, mainly absent from terrace of Avarice XXII.52–54
Profacius I.19–21
propagginazione XXVII.13–15
prophecy of DXV XXXIII.43–45
Proust, Marcel XIV.4–6
Ptolemy VIII.85–93
purgatory:
history of I.4–6
narrow entrance to X.7–16
pains of X.106–111
Pylades XIII.31–33
quadrant IV.41–42
republic (Roman) IX.133–138; XX.25–30; XXII.145–147
rivers of Eden XXVIII.127–132; XXXIII.112
Roman treasury IX.133–138
Samaritan woman XXI.130–136
sapphire I.13
Satan VIII.40–42; VIII.97–102; XIII.61–66; XV.40–45
satisfaction, owed to God XI.70–72
Saturn (the god) XXII.70–72
Saturn (the planet) XIX.1–3
Scaligeri family XVIII.121–126
Scipio Africanus XV.107
secret-Christian topos XXII.90
self-naming XIX.19
selva oscura (dark wood) XIV.58–66
Seneca XVII.55–60
senso comune and related terms for perception XVII.13–18; XXIX.47–51; XXXII.13–15
shadow, Dante’s III.16–18; V.4–6
shadows, south of the equator IV.55–57
Shakespeare, William X.138
sheep, double valence of III.79–87
ship, metaphor of I.1–3
Sibyl, the XIV.37–42
similes:
comparing a thing to itself XXVII.1–5
“defective” elements in XXVII.76–87
describing mental experience VII.9–13
mixture of styles in XXIV.64–74
relative absence of in terrace of Pride X.130–135
relative infrequency of classical materials XVIII.91–96
sin as a wound IX.114; XXV.138–139
Sinai, Mount II.60
Sirens XXXI.45
smiles II.83
Sordello:
as foil to Farinata VII.9–13