Orcagna, Andrea (c. 1308-1368);
picture of Dante by Domenico di Michelino in Duomo at Florence formerly attributed to, 143n.
Ottimo Commento;
author of, quoted, 213;
date of 223, 272;
author of, 223, 272;
Torri’s edition of, 223, 272.
Otto IV (Emperor, 1208-1212);
contests Imperial throne with Philip, Duke of Swabia, 2-3.
Ovid;
quoted in V. N., 66.
Oxford;
supposed visit of Dante to, 93, 225;
MS. of Convivio at, 192n.;
editions of D. C., printed at, 217;
copy of G. da Serravalle’s commentary on D. C., presented to, by Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, 224n.;
the book seen at Oxford by Leland, 224n.
Oxford Dante, 39n., 50n., 51n., 86n., 100n., 150n., 167n., 246n., 253n., 260n.;
chapter divisions of V. N. in, 167n.;
critical edition of Convivio in, 191;
contains whole works of Dante, 217;
edited by E. Moore, 217n.;
contains index of proper names and notable matters, 217n., 230;
critical text of Quaestio de Aqua et Terra, 258.
Oxford Dante Society;
mask of Dante presented to, by Kirkup, 137n.
P
Padua;
alleged studies of Dante at, 67;
alleged visit to, in 1306, 91;
doubts as to this visit, 91n.;
edition of Convivio printed at, 191;
Cent. XVII edition of D. C., 226n.;
edition of Lombardi’s commentary on D. C., 227n.;
first edition of Volpi’s indices to D. C., 227;
Witte’s edition of Dante’s letters, 246n., 248n., 249n.;
Cangrande’s operations against, 253.
Paget, Sir James;
opinion of death-mask of Dante, 137n.
Palatine MS. in Vatican, containing Dante’s letters and De Monarchia, 246-7, 248, 249;
history of, 247.
Palazzo del Podestà. See Podestà.
Palazzo della Signoria. See Signoria.
Palazzo Vecchio, See Signoria.
Palermo;
edition of Venturi’s commentary on D. C. published at, 227n.;
Biagioli’s commentary, 228n.
Papanti, G.;
Dante secondo la tradizione e i novellatori, 145n., 146n., 152n., 156n., 157n.
Paradiso;
alleged dedication of, to Frederick II of Sicily, 92n.;
dedication to Can Grande, 195-6, 250;
number of lines in, 197;
date of composition, 198;
scheme of, 203-6;
Boccaccio’s story of lost cantos, 206-8;
completion of, contemplated by Dante’s sons, 207;
cantos of, submitted to Can Grande by Dante, 208;
recovered cantos sent to Can Grande, 208;
English translations of, 219-20;
mention of, in some MSS. of De Monarchia, 234.
Paris;
Dante at, 92, 122;
edition of D. C. printed at, 214;
edition of Venturi’s commentary on D. C. published at, 227n.;
first edition of Biagioli’s commentary, 227-8;
editio princeps of De Vulg. Eloq., 245, 280.
Pasqualigo, F.;
edition of anonymous Latin commentary on Dante’s Eclogues, 252n.
Passerini, G. L.;
La Famiglia Alighieri, 70n.
Passerini, L.;
Storia degli Stabilimenti di Beneficenza della Città di Firenze, 47n.;
report on portraits of Dante, 142n.
Paur, T.;
Dante’s Porträt, 270n.
Peacock, Thomas Love (1785-1866);
version of Purg. viii. 1-6 in Headlong Hall, 221.
Pelli, Giuseppe;
Memoire per servire alla vita di Dante, 281.
Percy, Ladies Elizabeth and Emily;
first English edition of D. C. dedicated to, 215.
Perez, P.;
I sette cerchi del Purgatorio, 203n.
Perini, Dino;
friend of Dante at Ravenna, 100n.;
the Meliboeus of his Eclogues, 100n., 209n., 254;
Boccaccio’s informant (according to the Comento) as to recovery of first seven cantos of Inferno, 209n., 254n.
Perugia;
editio princeps of Bruni’s Vita di Dante printed at, 277.
Petrarca, Francesco (1304-1374);
Boccaccio’s Latin epistle to, 92;
proposed monument to, in Duomo at Florence, 112;
anecdote of Dante in Res Memorandae, 144-5.
Petronj, S. E.;
editor of English edition of D. C., 215.
Phillimore, C. M.;
Dante at Ravenna, 118.
Piacenza;
Dante at, 101, 103.
Piccolomini, Enea Silvio (1405-1464). See Pius II.
Pickering, William (1789-1854);
publisher of diminutive English edition of D. C., 215;
and of Foscolo’s Discorso sul Testo del D. C., 216.
Piero. See Pietro.
Piero di Dante. See Alighieri.
Piero di Giardino. See Giardino.
Pietro Alighieri. See Alighieri.
Pilkington, Mrs. (Maria Elizabeth Gibbs, 1755-1843);
second English edition of D. C. dedicated to, 215.
Pisa;
lectures on D. C. at, by Francesco da Buti, 224;
edition of Venturi’s commentary on D. C. published at, 227n.
Pisa, Guido da. See Guido.
Pistoja;
Corso Donati Podestà of, 58;
Blacks and Whites in, 75-7.
Pistoja, Cino da. See Cino.
Pius II (Pope, 1458-1464);
compendium of Flavio Biondo’s Historiae ab inclinato Romano Imperio, 277;
Italian translation of, 277.
Pliny;
reference in Historia Naturalis to art of taking casts from human face, 135n.
Plumptre, E. H. (1821-1891);
translation of Commedia and Canzonieve of Dante, 160n., 253n., 260n.;
notes on D. C., 229;
translation of Dante’s Latin Eclogues, 253n.;
and of Dante’s Professione di Fede, 260n.
Podestà; office of, in Florence, 5n., 30n.
Podestà, Palazzo del, in Florence;
now known as Bargello, 129;
portrait of Dante in, 129-35;
fire in, mentioned by Villani, 130n.;
Mrs. Bunbury’s account of, 132n.
Poggi, Andrea;
nephew of Dante, 39;
resemblance to Dante, 39;
supplies Boccaccio with information about Dante, 39;
account of the recovery of the seven first cantos of the Inferno, 209-11.
Poggi, Leon;
married Dante’s half-sister, 38-9;
his son Andrea intimate with Boccaccio, 39. (See above.)
Poggibonsi;
Henry VII at, 95.
Poggio Fiorentino. See Bracciolini.
Polentone, Secco (c. 1375-c. 1448);
notice of Dante, 277;
two forms of, 277n.
Poletto, G.;
commentary on D. C., 229;
Dizionario Dantesco, 230.
Polish;
translation of D. C., in, 217.
Poliziano, Angelo (1454-1494);
authorship of De Monarchia attributed to friend of his by Oporinus, 239n.
Polyphemus;
name under which King Robert of Naples is supposed to figure in poetical correspondence between Dante and G. del Virgilio, 256n.
Poppi;
Dante at, 93.
Portinari, Beatrice (1266-1290);
Dante’s first meeting with, 43;
identified by Boccaccio and Pietro di Dante with the Beatrice of V. N. and D. C., 43;
Bo
ccaccio’s account of, 43-5;
salutes Dante, 45;
denies him her salutation, 45;
Dante sees her at a wedding-feast, 45-6;
her marriage to Simone de’ Bardi, 46;
the marriage probably political, 46n.;
death of her father Folco, 46-7;
mentioned in her father’s will, 46-7n.;
her death, 47, 63, 67, 71, 161, 165;
date of her death, 47n. 48n., 161, 165;
canzone on her death by Cino da Pistoja, 48-9, 107;
connection of number nine with, 164-6;
Dante’s resolve to say of her what had been said of no other woman fulfilled in D. C., 193.
Portinari, Folco (d. 1289);
father of Beatrice, 43-4, 46-7;
death of, 46-7, 161, 169;
account of 46n.-47n.;
his will, 46n.-47n.;
founds hospital of Santa Maria Nuova in Florence, 47.
Portinari, Manetto (d. 1334) I eldest son of Folco Portinari, 47n.;
probably the near relation of Beatrice mentioned by Dante in V. N. as his intimate friend, 47n., 171;
friend of Guido Cavalcanti, 47n.
Portuguese;
translation of D. C., in, 217.
Pouget, Bertrand du (Cardinal, 1316-1351);
condemns Dante’s De Monarchia to be burned, 102, 232;
created cardinal by his uncle, Pope John XXII, 232n.
Prato;
G. da Serravalle’s commentary on D. C., published at, 224-5, 273, 277;
edition of Lombardi’s commentary, 227n.;
Costa’s commentary, 228n.
Prato, Niccolö da (Cardinal, 1303-1321);
sent by Benedict XI to pacify Florence, 90, 246;
Dante’s letter to, 246-7.
Preitenitto;
ancestor of Dante, 40, 41.
Professione di Fede, Dante’s; also known as Dante’s Credo, 259. See Credo.
Promis, V.;
joint editor of Stefano Talice da Ricaldone’s so-called commentary on D. C., 225, 273.
Prose Antiche di Dante, Petrarcha, et Boccaccio, 249n., 251n.
Provenzano Salvani. See Salvani.
Ptolemy, the astronomer;
quoted in V. N., 66.
Pucci, Antonio (c. 1310-c. 1390);
supposed reference to Giotto’s portrait of Dante, 130n.;
notice of Dante in Centiloquio, 275.
Purgatorio;
alleged dedication to Moroello Malaspina, 92n.;
number of lines in, 197;
date of composition, 198;
scheme of, 200-3;
English translations of, 219-20.
Q
Quadrio, Francesco Saverio (1695-1756);
opinion of Sette Salmi Penitenziali attributed to Dante, 261.
Quadrivium;
Dante’s instruction in arts of, 66n.
Quaestio de Aqua et Terra;
treatise ascribed to Dante, 101, 256;
delivered as public dissertation at Verona, 101, 257;
disputed authenticity of, 101, 256-8;
account of, 256-8;
editio princeps of, 257;
facsimile reprint of, 257n., 258n.;
English translations, 258n.;
critical text of, 258;
analysis of, 258-9.
Quirini, Giovanni;
poetical correspondent of Dante, 107n.;
lament on Dante’s death, 108;
sonnet in defence of Dante’s memory, 108;
sonnet to Can Grande della Scala urging him to publish Dante’s Paradiso, 108.
R
Rafaello Volterrano. See Maffei.
Rajna, Pio;
La Lettera di Frate Ilario, 92n., 266;
critical edition of De Vulg. Eloq., 245n., 246.
Rambaldi da Imola, Benvenuto (c. 1338-1390);
account of Belacqua, 147;
commentary on D. C., 147, 213, 222, 223, 225, 272;
Italian translations of, 223, 272;
story of Dante and his rhymes, 213;
Jacopo della Lana’s commentary erroneously attributed to, 271n.;
lectures at Bologna on D. C., 223;
his lectures transcribed by Stefano Talice da Ricaldone, 223n. 273n.;
biographical notice of Dante, 275-6.
Raphael (1483-1520);
portrait of Dante, 137.
Ravenna;
Dante’s daughter Beatrice a nun in convent of Santo Stefano dell’ Uliva at, 70-1;
visited by Boccaccio at, 71;
Dante’s children, Pietro, Jacopo, and Beatrice, with him at, 71, 99;
Dante’s last refuge, 99;
Commedia completed at, 100;
Dante’s friends at, 100n.;
death of Dante at, 103;
burial and tomb, 103-7, 111;
Fynes Moryson at, 106n., 107n.;
people of, refuse to part with Dante’s remains, 109, 112-15;
relics of Dante in Biblioteca Nazionale at, 118n.;
Boccaccio’s visits to, 119;
Dante and the Inquisitor at, 151-2.
Reckoning, Florentine method of, 28n., 36n.
Ricaldone, Stefano Talice da (d. c. 1520);
his so-called commentary on D. C. a transcription of Benvenuto da Imola’s lectures at Bologna, 223n., 273n.
Ricci, Corrado;
L’Ultimo Rifugio di Dante, 100n., 103n., 104n., 106n., 113n., 114n., 116n., 118n., 137n., 252n., 253n.;
opinion of death mask of Dante, 137n.
Ricci, Stefano;
possessed mask of Dante, 137;
statue of Dante in Santa
Croce, 137n.
Richardson, Jonathan (1665-1745);
translated Ugolino episode from D. C., 218.
Rime di Trecentisti Minori, 131n.
Rinuccini, Filippo di Cino (1392-1462);
Vita di Dante, 278.
Robert (King of Naples, 1309-1343);
Guido of Battifolle his Vicar in Florence, 98n.;
opponent of Henry VII, 152;
anecdote of Dante and, 152-4;
his defeat of Ghibellines in 1318-19 suggested to Dante by G. del Virgilio as subject for Latin poem, 253-4;
supposed to figure as Polyphemus in poetical correspondence between Dante and G. del Virgilio, 256.
Rocca, L.;
Del commento di Pietro di Dante alla D. C., 41n.;
Di Alcuni Commenti della D. C. composti nei primi vent’anni dopo la morte di Dante, yon., 221n., 222n., 223n;
Chiose attribuite a Jacopo di Dante, 70n., 222n.
Rogers, Charles (1711-1784);
author of first published English translation of Inferno, 218.
Rogers, Samuel (1763-1855);
subscriber to Rossetti’s Comento Analitico alla D. C., 216;
version of Purg. viii. 1-6 in Italy, 221.
Rolandi, Pietro;
publisher of Foscolo’s edition of D. C., 216.
Romagna;
Dante in, 125.
Rome;
Dante’s embassy to, 83, 124-5;
editions of Lombardi’s commentary on D. C., published at, 227n.
Romena, Counts of;
letter of Dante to, 247.
Rosciate, Alberico da (d. 1354);
Latin translation of Jacopo della Lana’s commentary on D. C., 223, 272.
Rossetti, D. G. (1828-1882);
Dante and his Circle, 49n., 50n., 52n., 107n., 159n.;
picture of Dante’s “Boat of Love,” 51n.;
at one time owner of Kirkup’s tracing of Giotto’s portrait of Dante, 134n.;
picture of “Dante’s Dream,” 170n.;
translation of V. N., 173n.
Rossetti, G. (1783-1854);
tracing of Giotto’s portrait of Dante given to, by Kirkup, 134n.;
letters of Kirkup to, about portrait, 135n., 267-70,
Comento Analitico alla D. C., 216, 228;
Sullo Spirito Antipapale c
he produsse la Riforma, 228n.;
Il Mistero dell’Amor Platonico del Medio Evo, 228n.
Rossetti, M. F. (1827-1876);
Shadow of Dante, 202n.
Rossetti, W. M.;
Gabriele Rossetti, 135n., 267n.
Rostagno, E.;
edition of Compendio of Boccaccio’s Vita di Dante, 275n.;
theory as to its relation to the Vita, 275n.
Roumanian;
translation of D. C., in, 217.
Rudolf (Emperor, 1272-1292);
not recognised as Emperor by Dante, 234-5n.
Russian;
translation of D. C., in, 217.
S
Sacchetti family of Florence;
feud with Alighieri, 42;
Geri del Bello murdered by member of, 42, 147;
one of Sacchetti murdered in revenge, 42;
reconciliation between the two families, 42.
Sacchetti, Franco (c. 1335-1400);
anecdotes of Dante in his Novelle, 147-50.
Salutati, Coluccio (d. 1406);
attests friendship of Menghino Mezzano with Dante, 100n., 105n.;
speaks of D. C. as “opus divinissimum,” 196n.
Saluzzo;
Stefano Talice da Ricaldone’s so-called commentary on D. C., supposed to have been delivered as lectures at, 225.
Salvadori, G.;
Sulla Vita Giovanile di Dante, 66n.
Salvani, Provenzano (d. 1269);
leader of Sienese Ghibellines, 20.
San Gemignano;
Dante’s embassy to, 73.
San Giovanni. See Giovanni, San.
San Godenzo;
Dante present at meeting of exiled Whites at, 90.
San Procolo, in Florence;
Dante in charge of public works on, 82.
Sanskrit;
selections from D. C., translated into, 217.
Sansovino, Francesco (1521-1586);
Italian translation of Filippo da Bergamo’s Supplementum Chronicarum, 278.
Santa Croce, in Florence;
Ricci’s statue of Dante in, 137n.;
portrait of Dante by Taddeo Gaddi, 141.
Santa Maria Novella;
Dominican schools of, at Florence, probably attended by Dante, 66n.
Santa Maria Nuova;
hospital at Florence endowed by Folco Portinari, 47.
Santi, A.;
Canzoniere di Dante, 174n.
Santi, Friar Antonio;
conceals Dante’s remains, 116.
Sarzana;
Guido Cavalcanti exiled to, 81-2;
Dante at, 91.
Saviozzo, Il. See Serdini.
Savonarola, Michele (d. c. 1460);
notice of Dante, 145.
Sayer, E.;
translation of Convivio, 192n.
Scala, Bartolommeo della (lord of Verona, 1301-1304);
Dante’s host at Verona, 91.
Scala, Can Grande della (lord of Verona, 1308-1329);
Dante’s host at Verona, 99, 144;
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