by Dante
“digressions” in Paradiso, Intro. (3)
Dionysius the Areopagite, X.115–117; XXIX.97–102, 100
Donatus, as “people’s grammarian,” XII.137–138
Dostoyevski, Fyodor, XVII.91–93
“double truth” and Siger of Brabant, X.133–135
duration of time in Paradiso, Intro. (2)
eagle, capacity to look directly into the Sun, I.46–48
earth, circumference of, XXX.1–3
effige (likeness), XXXIII.96
Egidio Romano, XXVI.130
Eliot, T.S., XXII.67
epic:
autobiographical narrative, XV.130–148
Calliope, Muse of, XVIII.82
Chanson de Roland, XVIII.43
chansons de geste, XVIII.46
classical, I.12; VI.2–3; X.82–99; XI.67–69; XX.19–21
martial, I.68; XVIII.28–36, 39
“mini-epic,” VI.1; XVIII.51
theological, Intro. (1)
epicyclical motion, VIII.3, 12
Euclid, XIII.101–102
Eusebius, XXVI.118–120
examination in theology, medieval universities, XXIV.46–51, 48
exilic figures (Adam, Virgil, Dante), XXVI.116
faith, implicit, XIX.103–105
fioco (weak, indistinct), XXXIII.121
first figures in each canticle, III.35–36
first women in each canticle, III.97–99
flesh of the saved, corruptible or incorruptible? VII.145–148
Florence, last time mentioned in the poem, XXXI.39
Folchetto di Marsiglia, IX.40, 77–78, 82–93, 94, 96, 106–108, 124–126; XII.46–47; XXVI.132
Forese Donati, III.47–48; XII.71–75; XV.95–96
form (Scholastic term), I.106–108; III.79
Francesca da Rimini, III.85, 86–87, 97–99; V.1–2; VIII.9; XVI.13–15, 16–18; XXV.19–24; XXIX.9; XXX.11
Francis, St., III.1, X.70–75, 121–129; XI.43–117, 53–54, 58–60, 61–63, 64–66, 91; XII.35; XXII.37–45; XXXII.37–39
Franciscans, Spiritual vs. Conventual, XI.58–60; XII.124–126
frate (brother), presence of the word in the Commedia, III.70–84; XXII.61
Friars Minor, Order of, XI.79–84
fullness of time (kairos), VI.55–57; XXVII.148
Gades (and not Cadiz), XXVII.82
giardino (garden), XXIII.71
Giovanni del Virgilio, IX.29–30; XV.28–30, 51; XXI.115–139; XXV.1, 1–9, 7–9
glossolalia, VII.1–3, 6; XV.32–33, 39
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, XXXIII.144
grace, as operating or cooperating, XII.40–45
gravity, spiritual, I.136–141; III.86–87
“great prayers” of the Church, XXVII.1–3
Great Year (Platonic), XXVI.121–123
Gregory the Great (pope), VIII.34–39; XVII.27; XX.106–117, 108; XXII.37–45; XXVIII.130–135; XXIX.133–135
Guinizzelli, Guido, IX.96; XII.26–30; XV.16–18; XVI.16; XXVIII.4
hapax legomenon, VIII.3; X.27; XI.82, 99; XII.91; XIV.1–9, 33, 88–96, 96; XV.74; XVII.31; XX.13–15, 121; XXIII.43, 50, 132; XXVI.44, 76; XXVII.115–120
Hegel, VI.31–33
Henry VII:
as, in Dante’s mind, in the imperial line of chosen emperors, VI.82–91; VIII.49–51; XXX.137
as Saul, IV.29
Cangrande as heir to his imperial project, XVII.78, 91–93
death as reflected by tone of depiction of Charles Martel, VIII.49–51
Italy as unripe for his guidance, XXX.133–138
opposition of Pope Clement V, XVII.82–84
Scaligieri as imperial vicars of, XVII.70–71, 76–90
Hezekiah, as “type” of Dante, XX.49–51
holocaust (burnt offering), XIV.89
Homer, XXIII.64–66
honorific voi, XVI.10–12, 16–18; XVIII.130, XXXI.79–90
Horace, XXIII.4–6; XXVI.137–138
Hugh of St. Cher, I.70–72
hyle (unformed matter), XXIX.22–24, 51
hymns sung in the Starry Sphere, XXIV.113–114
hysteron proteron, II.23–26; V.91–92; VII.112–120; XXII.109–110; XXXII.4–6
Iacopone da Todi, XI.64–66
Icarus, X.70–75; XV.54; XXXII.145–148
impresa (enterprise), XXXIII.95
inconsistencies in Paradiso, Intro. (1); III.29–30; IV.34; VI.74; IX.119–123; XIV.108; XX.130–148; XXVIII.135
ineffability, I.1–36; XIV.103
ingegno (genius), IV.40; XIV.103; XVIII.82–87; XXII.112–123
ingegno paired with arte, XIV.117
invocations, I.36; XVIII.82–87, 82; XXII.112–123, 121–123; XXIII.61–63; XXIV.58–60; XXX.97–99; XXXIII.67–75
Isidore of Seville, XXI.111; XXIV.59; XXVI.118–120, 134; XXVIII.133–135
Jason, II.1–18, 16, 17–18; XVI.28–32; XXV.1–9, 7
Jerome, St., V.66–68; VII.1–3; XIII.140–142; XVIII.91–93; XXVI.118–120; XXIX.37–45, 82–84, 97–102, 100
Jews in Heaven, XXXI.25–27
Joachim of Flora’s three ages, XIV.28–29, 67–68
John of Sacrobosco, XXVIII.13–15
John the Baptist, XVIII.130–136; XXIV.13–18; XXV.1–9
John the Evangelist, IV.29; XXXII.127–129, 139
John XXII (pope), XXVII.22–24, 58–60, 136–138; XXX.129, 148
Julius Caesar, VI.52–53, 55–72, 61–63, 69, 76–78, 82–91, 88–90; XV.28–30; XVI.10–12; XX.67–72
justice:
and Justinian, VI.1–27
Aristotle’s eleventh moral virtue, XX.121
as central theme of Commedia, XVIII.91–93, 91
as thematic in Mercury, VI.121; VII.20
earthly justice as reflective of divine, XIX.1–6, 28–30
God’s justice as inscrutable, XIX.79–90, 97–99; XX.67–72
Jupiter and justice, XVIII.115–117
personal justice in a ruler, XX.61–66; XXX.133–138
Justinian:
his speech as “mini-epic,” VI.1
inspired by the Holy Spirit, VI.11–12, 22–24, 88
originality of Dante’s view of, VI.13–18
Lactantius, X.118–120; XXIII.1–12
Lancelot du lac, XVI.13–15
Latin, I.97; IV.25; VII.1–3, 1–15; IX.29–30; XII.144; XV.28–30; XVI.33; XVII.34–35; XXV.1, 1–9, 8, 9; XXVII.1–3; XXIX.15; XXXI.9; XXXII.1; XXXIII.1
Latona, XXIX.1
latria, dulia, and hyperdulia, XXXIII.10–12
Leah, as the active life, XXXII.8
light, infinite speed of, XXIX.26–27
loquacity of Cacciaguida, XIV.10–18; XVIII.36
loquacity of Thomas, XIV.52–57, XVIII.36
Lucan, I.16–18; VI.55–72, 61–63, 75, 80–81; IX.93; XI.67–69; XVI.10–12; XVIII.73–78; XX.67–72
lucerna, as replacement for ombra (and see vita), VIII.19
Lucy, St., XXXI.65–69, 102; XXXII.37–39, 136–138
lume vs. luce, XXX.100
lumen (as light of grace), XXX.100
Macrobius, I.78; XVII.24
mamma, stylistic register of, XIV.64; XXII.1–6; XXIII.121–126
Marco Polo, IX.69; X.70–75
Marsyas, as figuring the low style, I.20–21
Mary, Blessed Virgin, IV.29; X.70–75; XIII.133–138; XV.133–135; XVII.89–90; XXI.84, 91–102, 111; XXII.28–29, 58–60, 121–123; XXIII.1, 73–75, 88–89, 91–102, 93, 107–108, 112–120, 121–126, 128; XXIV.13–18; XXV.98, 112–114, 122–129, 124–126
masks, removal of, XXX.91–96; XXXIII.28–33
materia, as technical term, I.10–12
memory, limitations of, I.9; XXIII.50
metaphor, IV.115–116; X.6
Milton, John, IV.48
mimetic art and literary imitation, XXX.64–66
Minerva, I.20–21; XVIII.82
mirrors, II.19–22, 83–90, 94–105; III.17–18; XIII.128–129; XVIII.16–18
; XXI.16–18, 34–42, 49–50; XXIII.46–48; XXVI.107–108; XXVIII.4–9; XXIX.4–6
Montaigne, Michel de, XXXII.9
Montefeltro, Guido and Buonconte, XIII.133–138
mortals as obtuse, I.100–102
Moses, XXXIII.139–141
“Muse” or “muse”? XII.7–8; XV.26; XVIII.33; XXIII.21–126, 55–59
“Muses,” Christian identity of, I.16–18; II.9
music of the spheres, I.78
Mussato, Albertino, IX.29–30; XV.28–30; XXV.7–9
names of God (according to Isidore of Seville), XXVI.134
naming oneself, XXXI.102
Narcissus, III.17–18; V.100–104; XII.14–15
Nathan (prophet), XII.136; XIII.140–142
neologisms, Note on the translation
Neptune, XXXIII.96
Nietzsche, Friedrich, XV.48; XXXII.107–108
Nine Worthies, XVIII.37–51
noon, as propitious time, I.37–45
ombra (shade), as used for saved soul (and see lucerna and vita), III.34
Ordinamenti di Giustizia, XVI.61–63
organo and organi (musical terms), XVII.43–45
Origen, XXVI.16–18
Orosius, X.118–120; XXVII.82
Orpheus, XXXIII.19–20
osanna, VII.1
Ovid, I.13, 20–21, 25–27, 28–33, 67–72, 68, 73, 109–111; II.1–18, 17–18; IV.6, 100–108; V.64–72; VIII.70; IX.97–102; XII.7–8, 11–18, 14–15; XIII.13–15, 67–78; XV.13–24, 25–27; XVI.28–32; XVII.1–6, 27, 31, 43–99, 46, 46–48, 55–57, 111; XVIII.64–66; XIX.35; XX.22–29; XXI.5–12, 136–142; XXII.142–143; XXIII.25–27; XXIV.26; XXV.4, 7; XXVII.28–30, 79–87, 136–138; XXXIII.96, 145
papacy:
popes, saved and damned, XII.134–135
popes of Dante’s time mainly canon lawyers, IX.133–135
years absent from Rome, XXVII.22–24
Paradiso:
as “completed Convivio,” III.91–96
as Ovidian rather than Virgilian, I.68
longest speeches in, V.13–15
midpoint of, XVII.1–12
program of song in, XXI.58–60; XXXII.95
relation between planets and seven liberal arts, VIII.136; XIV.97–102
stylistic range of, Intro. (4)
various meanings of, XXIII.61
Pasiphae, XXVII.136–138
Paul, St., I.4–6, 5, 13–15, 73, 136–141; III.7, 29–30; IV.13–15; VI.55–57; VII.145–148; IX.118–119; X.70–75, 87, 115–117; XIV.83; XV.28–30, 29; XVIII.91–93; 118–136; 130–136, 131–132; XIX.7–12, 79–81; XX.67–72, 126; XXI.127–128; XXII.37–39, 45, 50; XXIII.4–6, 45; XXIV.52–57, 64–66; XXVI.6, 9–12, 80; XXX.49, 61–66; XXXIII.52–54, 139–141
Paulinus of Nola, I.13–15; X.118–120
Pavia, where both Augustine and Boethius are buried, X.128
Persephone, as Eve, XXVII.136–138
Persius, XI.1
Peter, St.:
among seven martyred popes, XXVII.40–45
as archimandrite, XI.118–123
as betraying Jesus, XXIV.22, 39
as first pope, XXIV.34–36
as inspired by the Holy Spirit, XXIV.31–33; XXVI.3
authority challenged, XXIV.124–126
credentials to be examiner on Faith, XXIV.62–63, 108
Peter Damian, St., XXI.106–126, 127–135; XXII.49
Peter Lombard, XIV.34–36; XXV.67–69; XXIX.46–63, 70–81
Peter the Sinner, XXI.121–123
Petrarca, Francesco, VIII.76–78; XVII.32, 61–69; XXIII.104
Petrus Comestor, XXIX.100
phantasy, XIX.9; XXV.25
Philo Judaeus, XVIII.91–93
piacere, as meaning “beauty” or “pleasure,” III.52–54; XVIII.16–18; XX.73–78; XXXIII.33
Plato, III.1; IV.22, 25, 25–27, 33, 55–63, 61–63; VII.64–65; VIII.34–39, 112–114; IX.40; X.133–138; XVII.118
politics, in Paradiso, Intro. (5); VI.1–27, 134; VII.1–15; XXII.127–135
poppa (poop deck), XXVII.146
Primum Mobile as “acqueous sphere,” XXIX.19–21
procession of the Spirit from both Father and Son, X.1–3
Proclus, IV.24; VIII.34–39
prologues to the three canticles, I.1–36
prophecy, XVII.43–99, 78, 91–93, 94–96; XXII.13–15; XXVII.61–63, 142–148
Proust, Marcel, III.47–48; XXXIII.91–93
providence and predestination, XXI.77
Prudentius, XXVII.136–138
Ptolemy (astronomer), IX.118–119; XIII.1–18
Rabanus (of England), XII.139
Rabelais, François, XV.87
Rachel, as the contemplative life, XXXII.8
ragionare d’amore (to speak of love), XXVI.6
Ravenna, XV.22–24; XVII.142; XXI.106–126, 121–123; XXXI.1–3
reader:
addresses to, II.1, 10; V.64–72, 73–84, 109–114; IX.10–12; X.7–15, 22–27; XIII.1–24; XV.7–12; XXII.106–111; XXIII.55–59, 64–66
as listener, II.2; XVII.139
Remigio dei Girolami, X.133–138; XV.130–132
republic, Roman, VI.43–45; XV.127–129; XXVII.61–63
resurrection of the flesh, XXX.129
rhymes on Cristo, XII.71–75; XIV.103–108
rhymes, identical, XXX.95–99
Richard of St. Victor, XV.74; XXI.34–42; XXIII.50, XXXII.8; XXXIII.139–141
Ripheus, XX.67–72, 103–105, 126; XXXI.25–27
Ristoro d’Arezzo, XII.26–30
Roman de la Rose, II.59–60; XXX.124
rose-wheel window, XXXI.1–3
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, VIII.142–144
salute (salvation), XXXI.79–81
Samuel, as type of Christ, IV.29
santo (holy), XXXII.1
Satan, IX.127–129; XIX.46–48; XXVII.22–24
Saturn, as border of the higher realm, XXI.13–15
saved, number of the, XXX.103–108; XXXI.115–117
Scaligieri, succession of, XVII.70–71
Scipio Africanus, XXII.133–153; XXVII.61–63, 145–148
Semele: a tragic tale turned comic, XXI.5–12; XXII.58–60; XXIII.46–48
Seneca, IV.6; IX.29–30
sermo humilis (low style), XIV.35, XXXI.1; XXXIII.2
Servius, XXVII.136–138
similes, I.49–54; II.106–111; XIV.118–123; XX.1–12; XXIII.1–12, 49–51; XXX.58–66
sleep, Dante’s fascination with, XXVI.70–75
smarrire (to confuse), XXVI.9
Solomon, XIII.37–51, 43–48, 50–51, 52–87, 88–96, 97–102, 106–108, 109–111, 112–142, 142; XIV.34, 36, 37–60, 40–51, 52–57; XVII.27; XVIII.28–36, 91–93; XX.69; XXVI.135; XXVIII.133–135
souls in Paradiso:
apparent age of, XXXI.59
as telling absolute truth, IV.94–96
departing from view, where do they go? III.121–123
non-speaking “extras,” III.109–129
physical resemblance to their mortal selves, III.58–63, 109; V.124–126; XXXI.49–51
presence in the spheres, III.29–30; XXI.31–33
ranking of, III.88–90, 97; IV.39
relation between rank in heavens and rank in Rose, IX.119–123
some as bypassing purgation in direct ascent to bliss, X.121–129; XI.109–117
some as descending twice to be seen by Dante, XXIII.19–21
Statius, I.12; IV.100–108; XVII.31; XIX.70–78; XXV.130–135; XXXI.25–27
style, blending of Scholastic and affective, III.1–3, 2–3
sublimation (“transvaluation of value”), XXIII.1–12, 34
sunrise at “noon,” XXIII.1–12
suspensio (state of mystical “suspension”), XXXIII.97
sussistenza as referring to souls and not angels, XIV.73
Svevo, Italo, IV.109–114
syncretism, I.13–15; X.99; XII.127–128
tenth cantos as borders, X.1–6
tëodia (god song), XXV.73, 73–78; XXX.22–27
Tertullian, X.118–120
tesoro, biblical overtones of, I.11; XVII.121–122
theological virtues, three, Intro. (2); III.47–48; VI.112–117; XX.127–129; XXIII.136–139
“third heaven” according to St. Paul, I.73; XV.29
time left on earth, IX.40
Tower of Babel, XXVI.124–126
Trajan, XIX.13; XX.43–48, 106–117; XXXI.25–27
Trinity, as attested by Scripture, XXIV.139–147
“triple hapax,” V.11; XII.55
Ubertino da Casale, XI.34–39, 37–39; XII.44, 124–126
Ugolino, VI.109–110; XXII.89
Uguccione da Pisa, XI.99; XII.80–81; XIV.96; XXV.2; XXVI.73, 118–120
Ulysses, I.12; III.70–84; X.82–99; XI.51; XIII.136–138; XV.130–148; XVII.55–57; XXIV.151–154; XXVI.115–117; XXVII.79–87, 83
umbra, as exegetical term, I.22–24; XIII.19–21
Vegetius, XXIV.59
Venantius Fortunatus, XXXIII.1
ventre (womb, belly), as “unfit” diction, XXI.84, XXIII.104, XXXIII.7
Venuses, two, VIII.10, 55–57
vernacular, universal, XIV.88; XV.39
Verona, XVII.142; XXX.117, 124–129; XXXI.1–3
Veronica (vera icona), XXXI.103–111
vice, various meanings of, XXX.18
vidi (I saw), XXX.95–99
Virgil, I.68, 73; IV.6; V.64–72, 115; VI.2–3, 35–36, 79, 139–142; VII.6, 9; VIII.130–132; IX.85; XII.7–8, 11–18; XV.13–24, 25–27, 26, 28, 28–30, 50; XVII.31, 46; XVIII.33, 42; XIX.35, 113, 130–132; XX.19–21, 67–72, 118–129, 126; XXII.20; XXIII.2, 3, 55–57; XXIV.8, 56–57; XXVI.13–15, 97; XXVII.136–138; XXX.4, 64–66, 66, 68, 125; XXXI.7–12; XXXIII.19–20, 28–33, 58–66, 65–66, 121
Virgil (as character), I.85–87; II.29–30; IV.94–96; XIV.10–18; XVI.16; XVII.19; XVIII.8; XIX.70–78, 106–108; XXII.19–21; XXVI.5–6, 116, 118; XXXI.55–58, 79–81; XXXII.100–102, 115
virtues, theological and cardinal, III.47–48
“visible speech,” XVIII.91–93
visione, dream or actual vision? III.7; XXXII.139; XXXIII.62
vita, as term for saved soul (and see lucerna and ombra), III.34; IX.7; XII.127–128; XIV.6
Vitruvius, XXXIII.137–138
volume (volume), XII.122; XIX.113
Waltherius anglicus, XVII.27
wheel of Fortune, XXXI.1–3
Wilder, Billy, XXXIII.15
will, two kinds of (absolute and conditioned), IV.73–81, 109–114
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