his and Dante’s debts and loans, 86-7;
helps to discharge Dante’s debts, 87.
Alighieri, Francesco;
last male descendant (great-great-great-great-grand son) of Dante, 70n.
Alighieri, Gaetana (Tana);
half-sister of Dante, 38;
mentioned by Forese Donati, 39n.
Alighieri, Jacopo (d. bef. 1349);
Dante’s son, 42-70;
his writings, 70;
his career, 70;
commentary on Inferno, 70n., 221-2, 271;
with Dante at Ravenna, 71, 99;
helps to discharge Dante’s debts, 87;
contemplates completing the Paradiso, 207;
his dream as to whereabouts of missing cantos of poem, 207-8;
his commentary perhaps written during Dante’s lifetime, 222n.
Alighieri, Leonardo;
great-grandson of Dante, 70n.;
Bruni acquainted with, 70n.
Alighieri, Pietro (d. 1364);
Dante’s eldest son, 41, 42, 70;
his commentary on D. C., 41n., 70, 223, 272;
two different versions of, 41n., 223;
statement as to marriage of Alighiero, Dante’s great-grandfather, 41;
his identification of Beatrice, 43;
his career, 70;
his son and grandson and their descendants, 70n.;
visit of his grandson Leonardo to Florence, 70n.;
with Dante at Ravenna, 71, 99;
helps to discharge Dante’s debts, 87;
contemplates completing the Paradiso, 207.
Alighieri, Tana. See Alighieri, Gaetana.
Almanack used by Dante, 197n.
Alphesiboeus;
name under which Fiduccio de’ Milotti figures in poetical correspondence between Dante and G. del Virgilio, 100n., 255-6.
American Dante Society. See Cambridge (U.S.A.).
Americans;
translations of D. C. by, 221n.
Andalò, Loderingo degli;
Ghibelline, appointed joint Podestà of Florence with Catalano de’ Malavolti, in 1266, 30n.
Andrea Poggi. See Poggi.
Anonimo Fiorentino;
commentary on D. C., 101n., 146-7, 224, 273;
remarks on witchcraft, 101n.;
anecdote of Dante and Belacqua, 146-7;
borrows freely from Boccaccio’s Comento, 224n.
Antonia Alighieri. See Alighieri.
Antonino, Sant’ (1389-1459);
notice of Dante, 277.
Arabian calendar;
utilized by Dante in V. N., 47n., 48n., 67, 165, 170.
Arbia, battle of the. See Montaperti.
Aretines;
defeated by Florentines at Campaldino, 53-60.
Arezzo;
headquarters of the exiled Whites, 90.
Aristotle;
Dante’s knowledge of Ethics, 64n., 66;
of Metaphysics, 66;
quoted in V. N., 66.
Armenian;
selections from D. C. translated into, 217.
Arnolfo di Lapo (c. 1232-1310);
forced to build the Palazzo della Signoria at Florence askew, 12.
Arts, guilds of, at Florence, 30.
Arundel Society;
reproduction of Kirkup’s drawing of Giotto’s portrait of Dante, 134.
Ascoli, Cecco d’. See Cecco.
Ashendene Press;
editions of D. C., and whole works of Dante, printed at, 217.
Atheist, Dante and, 155.
Athenæum, 217n., 239n., 257n.
Aucassin et Nicolete;
form of, compared with V. N., 166.
Augusta, Princess (1768-1840);
Tarver’s French translation of Inferno dedicated to, 215.
Ave Maria;
alleged paraphrases of, by Dante, 259, 260.
Avignon;
Papal Court at, 101.
Azzo VIII of Este (Marquis, 1293-1308);
mentioned in De Vulg. Eloq., 241.
B
Bacci, O. See D’Ancona.
Balbo, Cesare;
Vita di Dante, 280;
ed. by E. Rocco, 281;
English translation by F. J. Bunbury, 281.
Baldo d’ Aguglione. See Aguglione.
Bambaglioli, Graziolo de’ (d. bef. 1343);
Latin commentary on Inferno, 221, 222, 271;
Italian translation of, 221, 271;
identified by Dr. Moore, 221n.
Bandino, Domenico di (c. 1340-c. 1414);
notice of Dante, 276.
Baptistery of Florence. See Giovanni, San.
Barbi, M.;
as to the site of Dante’s house, 37n.;
doubts as to alleged documentary reference to Dante, 72n.;
prints documents relating to Dante’s loans and debts, 86n., 87n.;
discusses evidence as to Dante at Forlì, 90n., 92n.;
critical edition of V.N., 167n., 173;
chapter divisions in, 167n.;
on Jacopo di Dante’s commentary, 222n.;
on so-called commentary of Stefano Talice da Ricaldone, 223n., 225n.
Bardi;
great Florentine banking-house, 46;
their relations with Edward III, 46n.
Bardi, Simone de’; husband of Beatrice Portinari, 46.
Baretti, Giuseppe (1719-1789) printed selections from D. C. in his Italian Library, 214.
Bargello. See Podestà, Palazzo del.
Bargigi, Guiniforto delli (1406-c. 1460);
commentary on Inferno, 225, 273.
Barker, William (fl. 1550);
notice of Domenico di Michelino’s picture of Dante in his Epitaphia et Inscriptiones Lugubres, 143n.
Bartoli, A.;
Storia della Letteratura Italiana, 54n., 164n., 280.
Bartolini, Lorenzo (c. 1777-1850);
gives Kirkup mask of Dante, 137.
Baruffaldi, G.;
first prints Dante’s letter to Can Grande, 250.
Barziza, Guiniforte. See Bargigi.
Basle;
editio princeps of De Monarchia printed at, 238.
Basque;
selections from D. C. translated into, 217.
Bassano;
editions of Venturi’s commentary on D. C. published at, 227n.
Batines, Colomb de;
Bibliografia Dantesca, 213n., 222n., 223n., 226n.
Battifolle, Countess of;
her letters to wife of Henry VII supposed by Witte to have been composed by Dante, 251;
their authenticity upheld by Novati, 251n.
Beatrice Alighieri. See Alighieri.
Beatrice degli Uberti. See Uberti.
Beatrice Portinari. See Portinari.
Beauvais, Vincent of (d. c. 1264);
anonymous notice of Dante in 1494 Venice edition of Speculum Historiale, 278;
Grauert on, 278n.
Belacqua, Dante and, 146-7.
Bella;
Dante’s mother, 38;
presumed to belong to the Abati family, 37n., 38;
first wife of Alighiero, 38;
mention of, in document, 38n.
Bellincion Berti;
his daughter the wife of Alighiero, Dante’s great-grandfather, 41.
Bellincione degli Alighieri. See Alighieri.
Bello;
ancestor of Dante, 41;
his son Geri, 41-2.
Bello, Geri del. See Geri.
Bembo, Bernardo (1433-1519);
restores Dante’s tomb at Ravenna, 106-7, 114;
entrusts the work to Pietro Lombardi, 106-7;
his inscription transcribed by Fynes Moryson, 107n.;
ambassador at Venice, 112.
Bembo, Pietro (1470-1547);
son of Bernardo Bembo, 106;
secretary to Leo X, 113;
letter as to removal of Dante’s remains to Florence, 113.
Benedict XI (Pope, 1303-1304);
/> succeeds Boniface VIII, 90;
sends Cardinal Niccolò da Prato to pacify Florentines, 90, 246.
Benevento, battle of (1266);
Manfred defeated by Charles of Anjou, 59n.
Benvenuto Rambaldi da Imola. See Rambaldi.
Bergamo, Filippo da. See Foresti.
Bernardo Canaccio. See Canaccio.
Bertoldi, Giovanni de’. See Serravalle.
Betussi, G.;
translation of Boccaccio’s De Genealogia Deorum, 275.
Bezzi, G. A.;
helps to discover Bargello portrait of Dante, 132, 267.
Biagioli, N. G. (1772-1830);
commentary on D. C., 227-8;
editions of, 228n.
Bianchi. See Whites.
Bianchi, Brunone;
edition of Bruni’s Vita di Dante, 57n., 74n., and passim (See Bruni);
commentary on D. C., 228-9.
Bible;
quotations from, in V. N., 67.
Bice;
familiar name of Beatrice, 47n.
Biondo, Flavio (1388-1463);
states that Dante was at Forlì, 90n.;
his Historiae ab inclinato Romano Imperio, 90n., 277;
compendium of, 277;
notice of Dante in, 277.
Biscioni, Anton Maria (1674-1756);
Prose di Dante Alighieri e di M. Gio. Boccaccio, 173n., 191;
the first to use the title Convito in an edition of the Convivio, 173n., 191.
Blacks and Whites;
origin of, in Pistoja, 75-6;
in Florence, 76-81;
leaders of both parties banished from Florence, 81;
intervention of Pope Boniface, 82;
Whites send embassy to Rome, 83;
ascendancy of Blacks, 83;
sentences against Whites, 83-4;
exiled Whites form alliance with Ghibellines, 90;
meeting at San Godenzo, 90;
abortive attempt to enter Florence, 90;
Dante dissociates himself from them, 90;
fresh sentences against Whites, 98.
Blacksmith, Dante and, 147-8.
Blanc, L. G.;
Vocabolario Dantesco, 230;
Italian translation of, 230.
Bocca degli Abati. See Abati.
Boccaccio, Giovanni (1313-1375);
Vita di Dante quoted, 196n., 206-8, 212, 232-3, 240, 251;
date of, 45n.;
editio princeps of, 275;
English translations of, 275;
two forms of, 275n.;
Comento sopra la D. C., quoted, 103n., 209-11;
acquaintance with Dante’s nephew, 39;
identification of Beatrice, 43;
visits Dante’s daughter at Ravenna, 71;
not the forger of alleged letter of Frate Ilario, 92n.;
states that Dante visited Paris and England, 92-3;
rebuke to the Florentines, 109-12;
proposed monument to, in Duomo at Florence, 112;
visits to Ravenna, 119;
description of Dante, 119-26;
anecdotes of Dante, 120, 121-3. 124-5;
mention of Dante’s lyrical poems, 159-60;
of V. N., 161-2;
of Convivio, 174-5;
account of D. C., 193-5;
stories of recovery of lost cantos of D. C., 206-11;
opinion as to why D. C. was written in Italian, 211-12;
letter of Frate Ilario known to, 212n.;
unfinished commentary on D. C., 223, 272;
public lectures on Dante at Florence, 223;
commentary on D. C. falsely attributed to, 272n.;
Comento utilized by Anonimo Fiorentino, 224n.;
account of De Monarchia, 232-3;
omitted in 1576 edition of Vita di Dante, 233n.;
account of De Vulg. Eloq., 240;
owned MS. containing letters of Dante and letter of Frate Ilario, 248, 250;
mention of Dante’s letters, 251;
biographical notices of Dante in Comento sopra la D. C., 275;
and De Genealogia Deorum, 278n.
Bocchi, F.;
notice of Dante, 280.
Bocci, D.;
Dizionario alla D. C., 230.
Bodleian Library at Oxford;
authorship of epitaph on Dante disclosed in MS. in, 106;
MS. of Convivio in Canonici Collection in, 192n.
Boëthius;
his De Consolatione Philosophiæ studied by Dante, 65, 67, 166, 182;
form of, compared with Vita Nuova, 166.
Boffito, G., and Melzi d’ Eril;
Almanach Dantis Aligherii, 197n.
Bohemian;
translation of D. C. in, 217.
Bologna;
alleged studies of Dante at, 67;
D. invited to receive laurel crown at, 100, 252, 254;
Jacopo della Lana’s commentary on D. C., published at, 222, 271;
Benvenuto da Imola’s lectures on D. C. at, 223;
commentary of Anonimo Fiorentino on D. C. published at, 273;
first edition of Costa’s commentary, 228.
Bologna, Gian (1524-1608);
possessed mask of Dante, 136.
Bonagiunta of Lucca (fl. 1296);
Dante’s interview with, in Purgatory, 71, 97.
Bonaini, F.;
Acta Henrici VII, 97n.
Boniface VIII (Pope, 1294-1303);
sentence against creatures of, in Florence, 74;
intervenes between Blacks and Whites in Florence, 80, 82, 124;
sends Charles of Valois as his representative, 82-3, 124;
opposed by Dante, 82;
Dante member of embassy to, 83, 124-5;
alleged letter of Dante to, 252.
Bonucci, A.;
edition of alleged Ave Maria of Dante, 260n.
Boschini, G. B.;
editor of first English edition of D. C., 215.
Bottari, Giovanni (1689-1775);
mentions cast of Brunelleschi’s face, 135.
Botticelli, Sandro (1447-1510);
designs for first Florentine edition of D. C., 226n.
Boyd, Henry (c. 1750-1832);
author of first published English translation of D. C., 219;
notes on D. C., 229.
Brabant, Margaret of;
wife of Henry VII, 251;
letters of Countess of Battifolle to, attributed to Dante, 251.
Braccioforte Chapel at Ravenna;
Dante’s remains in, 115, 118.
Bracciolini, Francesco Poggio (1381-1459);
anecdotes of Dante in his Facezie, 154-5.
Brescia;
edition of Landino’s commentary on D. C. printed at, 226n.;
besieged by Henry VII, 249.
British Museum;
no copies of Edinburgh editions of D. C. in, 216;
MS. of G. da Serravalle’s commentary on D. C. in, 224n., 277n.;
copy of editio princeps of Quaestio de Aqua et Terra, 258n.;
Cent. XV, editions of Dante’s Credo, 260n.
Bromby, C. H.;
translation of Quaestio de Aqua et Terra, 258n.
Brougham, Henry (1778-1868);
subscriber to Rossetti’s Comento Analitico alla D. C., 216.
Browning, Oscar;
quoted, 5.
Brunelleschi, Filippo (1377-1446);
cast of his face preserved in Florence, 135.
Brunetto Latino. See Latino.
Bruni, Leonardo (1369-1444);
Vita di Dante quoted, 54n., 57n., 58n., 70n., 74, 77, 85-6, 89, 91, 141;
description of Dante’s handwriting, 54n.;
claims to have seen letters of Dante now lost, 54n., 57n., 86n., 91n., 251-2;
his Dialogus ad Petrum Histrum, 54n.;
acquaintance with Dante’s great-grandson Leonardo, 70n.;
mentions Taddeo Gaddi’s portrait of Dante, 141;
Kirkup’s statement that he mentions
Giotto’s portrait of Dante, 267;
editio princeps of his Vita di Dante, 277;
English translations of, 277.
Brunswick, royal house of;
descended from the Guelfs, 1.
Bryce, James;
analysis of De Monarchia in his Holy Roman Empire, 235-8.
Bubwith, Nicholas (Bp. of Bath and Wells, 1407-1424);
founded and endowed Cathedral Library at Wells, 224n.;
at Council of Constance instigated G. da Serravalle to write commentary on D. C., 224-5.
Buckingham, Duke of (1592-1628);
anecdote of Dante quoted to, by Lord Keeper Williams, 125n.
Bulletin Italien, 221n.
Bullettino della Società Dantesca Italiana. See Società Dantesca.
Bunbury, Mrs. F. J.; account of Bargello in 1852, 132n.;
translation from Boccaccio’s Vita di Dante, 207-8;
from his Comento, 209-11;
translation of Balbo’s Vita di Dante, 281.
Buonconte da Montefeltro. See Montefeltro.
Buonconvento;
death of Henry VII at, 96.
Buondelmonti, Buondelmonte dei;
murder of, 5-7, 8, 34.
Burnetto;
Dante’s uncle, 37n., 42;
in charge of Florentine Carroccio at Montaperti, 42.
Burney, Charles (1726-1814);
translated Inferno, 218.
Burning alive;
punishment of, 84n.
Buti, Francesco da (1324-1406);
commentary on the D. C., 48n., 223, 224, 273, 276;
date of, 224;
mentions tradition that Dante joined Franciscan Order, 48n.;
lectures at Pisa on D. C., 224;
notice of Dante, 276.
Butler, A. J.;
translation of D. C. with notes, 220;
translation of Scartazzini’s Dante Handbuch, 250n., 281.
Byron, Lord (1788-1824);
translated Francesca da Rimini episode from D. C., 220;
version of Purg. viii. 1-6 in Don Juan, 221;
interest in publication of Taaffe’s Comment on D. C., 229.
C
Cacciaguida;
great-great-grandfather of Dante, 38n., 40;
mention of, in documents, 40n.;
his father Adamo, 40;
his history related in the Commedia, 40-1;
baptized in San Giovanni, 40, 42;
his brothers Moronto and Eliseo, 40;
his wife Alighiera, 40;
military services and death, 40;
situation of his house in Florence, 40-1;
his sons Preitenitto and Alighiero, 40-1;
descendants, 41-2;
“foretells” Dante’s exile, 88, 90, 91.
Caccianimici family of Bologna;
member of, supposed to figure as Polyphemus in poetical correspondence between Dante and G. del Virgilio, 256n.
Calendars, Arabian and Syrian;
utilized by Dante in V. N., 47n., 48n., 67, 165, 170.
Calimala;
street in Florence connecting Mercato Vecchio and Mercato Nuovo, 31n.
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