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Dante Alighieri

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by Paget Toynbee


  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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