Index

INDEX

Abati;

Ghibelline family of Florence, 37n., 38;

Dante’s mother perhaps member of, 37n., 38.

Abati, Bocca degli;

his treachery at Montaperti, 24.

Abati, Durante degli;

maternal grandfather (as is supposed) of Dante, 38.

Abati, Scolaio degli;

maternal great-grandfather (as is supposed) of Dante, 38.

Accursius (d. 1260);

proposed monument to, in Duomo at Florence, 112.

Adamo;

great-great-great-grandfather of Dante, 40.

Adamo, Maestro;

burnt alive for coining, 84n.

Adimari family of Florence;

their hostility to Dante, 43n., 149;

Dante’s relations with, 147-9.

Adolf (Emperor, 1292-1298);

not recognized as Emperor by Dante, 234-5n.

Aguglione, Baldo d’ (d. c. 1315);

his Riforma, 95.

Aix;

corohation of Henry VII at, 235 n.

Alberico da Rosciate. See Rosciate.

Albert I (Emperor, 1298-1308);

reference to, in Convivio, 235n.;

not recognized as Emperor by Dante, 234-5n.

Albertino Mussato. See Mussato.

Albini, G.;

critical edition of Dante’s Eclogues, 253.

Aldobrandi, Tegghiaio;

Florentine Guelf, 21.

Aldus (Aldo Manuzio) (1450-1515);

editions of D. C. printed by, 214.

Alfraganus;

Dante’s astronomical authority, 48n., 67.

Alighieri, Alighiera degli;

Dante’s great-great-grandmother, 40, 41.

Alighieri, Alighiero degli;

Dante’s great-grandfather, 40, 41;

his wife and sons, 41.

Alighieri, Alighiero degli;

Dante’s father, 37, 38;

a notary, 38;

mention of, in documents, 38n.;

twice married, 38;

his children, 38;

position of, in Florence, 39;

character of, 39;

alluded to by Forese Donati, 39;

eldest son of Bellincione, grandson of Cacciaguida, 42.

Alighieri, Antonia;

Dante’s daughter, 70;

identified by some with Beatrice Alighieri, 71n.

Alighieri, Beatrice;

Dante’s daughter, 70;

with Dante at Ravenna, 71, 99;

a nun in the convent of Santo Stefano dell’

Uliva, 71;

visited by Boccaccio there, 71;

her bequest to the convent, 71;

identified by some with Antonia Alighieri, 71n.

Alighieri, Bellincione degli;

Dante’s grandfather, 37, 41;

his sons, 42.

Alighieri, Dante (1265-1321);

mention of, in documents, 38n., 53, 72-3, 74, 82, 83, 84, 91;

birth of, 36, 42;

his family Guelfs, 36-7;

a friend of Giovanni Villani, 37n.;

his parentage, 37-8;

stepmother, 37n.;

house in Florence, 37n.;

descent, 37-42;

half-brother and half-sisters, 38-9;

origin of his Christian name, 38;

his nephew Andrea Poggi, 39;

poetical correspondence with Forese Donati, 39, 51;

earliest known ancestors, 40;

approves the Vendetta, 41;

born in Florence, 42;

his baptism, 42;

breaks the font of San Giovanni, 42-3;

first meeting with Beatrice, 43;

his love for her, 43-5, 53, 63;

grief at her death, 47-9, 63;

tradition as to his having joined the Franciscan Order, 48n.;

correspondence with Cino da Pistoja and Guido Cavalcanti, 48-52;

alleged unfaithfulness to memory of Beatrice, 51, 71;

comes of age, 53;

military service, 53-63;

at battle of Campaldino, 53-4, 57, 61, 62, 74;

alleged account of the battle, 57n., 251;

his handwriting, 54n.;

at capitulation of Caprona, 62;

early studies, 64-7;

relations with Brunetto Latino, 64;

artistic skill, 65, 72;

familiarity with Provençal literature, 66;

ignorance of Greek, 66;

attendance at the schools of the Dominicans of Santa Maria Novella, 66n.;

alleged studies at Bologna and Padua, 67;

marriage, 67-9;

Boccaccio’s picture of his married life, 67-9;

children, 69-71;

descendants, 70n.;

alleged amours, 71;

attachment to lady at Lucca, 71, 97;

enrolled in Guild of Apothecaries, 72;

details of public life, 72-4;

embassy to San Gemignano, 73;

priorate, 74, 75, 78, 81, 86;

document relating to, 74n.;

belongs to White faction, 82;

in charge of public works in Florence, 82;

opposes Pope Boniface, 82;

embassy to Rome, 83, 124-5;

charges against, 83-4;

sentenced to banishment, and afterwards to death, 83-4, 88, 98;

confiscation of his goods, 84-5;

his private property, 85-6;

loans and debts, 86-7;

in exile, 88-118;

references to his sufferings, in Convivio, 88-9, 91, 175, 177;

in De Vulg. Eloq., 89;

his wanderings, 89-103;

at San Godenzo, 90;

holds aloof from other exiles, 90;

at Forli, 90;

at Verona with the Scaligers, 91;

alleged visit to Padua, 91;

doubts as to this visit, 91n.;

at Sarzana with the Malaspini, 91;

relations with them, 91-2;

supposed visit to monastery of Santa Croce del Corvo, 92n.;

in Paris, 92;

alleged visit to England and Oxford, 92-3;

back in Italy, 93;

in Tuscany, 93-4;

present at coronation of Henry VII at Milan, 94;

letters to the Princes and Peoples of Italy, to the Florentines, and to Henry VII, 93-4, 95-6;

excluded from amnesty, 95;

hopes of return to Florence extinguished by death of Henry VII, 96-7;

letter to the Italian Cardinals, 97;

at Lucca, 97;

attachment to Gentucca, 97;

again sentenced to death, 98;

rejects pardon, 98-9;

letter to friend in Florence, 98-9;

again at Verona, 99;

goes to Ravenna, 99;

life at Ravenna, 99-100;

friends at Ravenna, 100n.;

invited to receive laurel crown at Bologna, 100, 252, 254;

at Mantua and Verona, 100-1, 257;

at Piacenza, 101, 103;

reputed a sorcerer, 101-3;

embassy to Venice, 103;

death at Ravenna, 103;

age at time of his death, 103n.;

date of his death, 103n., 151;

burial at Ravenna, 104-5;

epitaphs, 105-6;

his tomb, 106-7;

record of his death by Villani, 107, 126-7;

elegies by Cino da Pistoja and Giovanni Quirini, 107-8;

poetical correspondence with Quirini, 107n.;

fate of his remains, 109-18;

attempts by Florentines to get possession of them, 112-15;

proposed monument to, in Duomo at Florence, 112;

offer of Michel Angelo to design and execute tomb, 113;

disappearance of remains, 113-14, 117;

rediscovery of them, 115-17;

reburial, 118;

characteristics of Dante, 119-57;

description of, by Boccaccio, 119-26;

anecdotes of, by Boccaccio, 120, 121-3, 124-5;

his abstemiousness, 120;

taciturnity, 121;

eloquence, 121;

fondness for music and poetry, 121, 123;

delight in solitude, 121;

absorption in studies, 121-2;

marvellous memory, 122-3;

greedy of honour and glory, 123-4;

scornful disposition, 124;

high conceit of himself, 124-5;

fortitude in adversity, 125;

political animosity, 125;

alleged lustfulness, 126;

description of, by Villani, 126-7;

portraits of, 128-43;

Norton on, 128-40;

portrait by Giotto, 128-35, 139-40, 141;

death-mask of, 135-40;

statue in Santa Croce, 137n.;

his beard, 138n.;

Naples bronze bust, 141;

portrait by Taddeo Gaddi, 141;

the Riccardi portrait, 142;

picture by Domenico di Michelino, 143;

picture by Andrea del Castagno, 143n.;

anecdotes of, 144-57;

by Petrarch, 144-5;

by Michele Savonarola, 145;

by Gower, 145-6;

by Anonimo Fiorentino, 146-7;

by Sacchetti, 147-50;

by Sercambi, 152-4;

by Poggio Fiorentino, 154-5;

by Sir John Harington, 155;

by Edward Wright, 156;

by Isaac D’Israeli, 156-7;

Italian works of, 158-230;

Canzoniere, 158-60;

Vita Nuova, 160-73;

Convivio, 173-92;

Divina Commedia, 193-230;

Latin works, 231-59;

De Monarchia, 231-9;

De Vulgari Eloquentia, 239-46;

Latin Letters, 246-52;

Latin Eclogues, 252-6;

Quaestio de Aqua et Terra, 256-9;

Apocryphal Works, 259-61;

earliest biographical notices of, 275-81.

Alighieri, Francesco;

half-brother of Dante, 38;

mentioned by Forese Donati, 39n.;

one of the guarantors in act of reconciliation between Alighieri and Sacchetti, 42;

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.

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.

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.

Cambridge (U.S.A.) Dante Society;

Annual Reports, 82n., 91n., 161n., 221n., 224n.

Cammino, Gherardo da (d. 1306);

reference to, in Convivio, 175.

Campaldino, battle of (1289);

Tuscan Ghibellines defeated by Florentine Guelfs, 53-62, 67;

Dante takes part in, 53-4, 57, 61, 62, 74;

alleged account of, by Dante, 57n., 251;

Villani’s account of, 57-60;

Buonconte da Montefeltro killed in, 60, 61-2;

reminiscences of, in D. C., 61, 62.

Campi, G.;

commentary on D. C., 229.

Can Grande. See Scala.

Canaccio, Bernardo;

friend of Dante at Ravenna, 100n.;

his epitaph on Dante, 105-6;

supposed until recently to have been written by Dante himself, 106;

identity of writer discovered in MS. in Bodleian, 106;

translated by Fynes Moryson, 106n.

Cancellieri family of Pistoja;

Black and White factions originate from feuds of, 75-7.

Cancellieri, Focaccia de’; occasions hostilities between two branches of Cancellieri family, 75-6.

Canolati, Bartolommeo;

dealings of Visconti with, as a sorcerer, 101-3.

Cante de’ Gabrielli. See Gabrielli.

Canterbury;

MS. of Convivio at, 192n.

Canzoni e Madrigali di Dante, 160.

Canzoniere. See Lyrical Poems.

Caponsacchi, Cilia di Gherardo de’;

wife of Folco Portinari, 46n.;

her eleven children, 46n.-47 n.

Caprona;

Dante present at capitulation of, 62.

Carbone, G.;

translation of Blanc’s Vocabolario Dantesco, 230.

Cardinals, Italian;

Dante’s letter to, 97, 249-50.

Carducci, G.;

Rime di M. Cino da Pistoja, 49n., 50n., 108n.

Carlyle, J. A. (1801-1879);

printed Italian text of Inferno with his translation, 216.

Carmina Illustrium Poetarum Italorum;

Dante’s Eclogues first printed in, 253.

Carpenter, G. R.;

Episode of the Donna Pietosa, 161n.

Carpentras;

conclave at, 97, 249.

Carroccio, Florentine, 15;

Villani’s account of, 17-18;

at battle of Montaperti, 21;

capture of, by Sienese, 24;

flagstaffs preserved in Cathedral of Siena, 24n.;

Dante’s uncle in charge of, at Montaperti, 42.

Cartolario, A.;

notice of Dante, 276.

Cary, H. F. (1772-1844);

printed Italian text of Inferno for first time in England, 215;

his translation of D. C., 219;

notes on D. C., 229.

Casentino;

Dante in, 92-3.

Casini, T.;

commentary on D. C., 36n., 229;

edition of V. N., 166n., 167n.;

chapter divisions in, 167n.

Cassino, Monte. See Monte Cassino.

Castagno, Andrea del (c. 1390-1457);

his representation of Dante, 143n.

Casts from human face;

art of taking, known to the ancients, 135n.

Cat, anecdote of Dante and, 156-7.

Catalan;

translation of D. C. in, 217.

Cavalcanti, Cavalcante, 33-4.

Cavalcanti, Guido (c. 1255-1300);

marries the daughter of Farinata degli Uberti, 34;

Dante’s friend, 36n., 47n. _{_,}50, 81, 159, 164, 170;

replies to Dante’s first sonnet, 45, 50, 159;

his reply translated by Rossetti, 159n.;

friend of Manetto Portinari, to whom he addressed a sonnet, 47n.;

poetical correspondence with Dante, 50-1;

one of the Whites, 81;

exiled through Dante’s means, 81;

death of, 81-2;

his last poem, 82n.;

Taddeo Gaddi’s portrait of, in Santa Croce, 141;

Dante’s V. N.dedicated to, 164;

his lady, Giovanna, 170.

Cavalcaselle, G. B.;

version of Kirkup’s letter to the Spectator on the Giotto portrait of Dante, 133n.;

opinion as to the portraits of Dante, 142n.

Cavicciuli, Antonio di Baldinaccio de’; member of the Adimari family of Florence, rescued from death by Dante, 43n.

Cayley, C. B. (1823-1883);

translation of D. C., with notes, 229.

Cecco d’ Ascoli (1257-1327);

Quirini’s defence of Dante’s memory against imputations of, 108;

anecdote of Dante and, 156-7.

Cerchi family of Florence;

leaders of White Party, 76;

feud with Donati, 77-81.

Cerchi, Ricoverino de’; wounded in broil in Florence, 81.

Cerchi, Vieri de’; at battle of Campaldino, 58, 61, 76;

leader of Whites in Florence, 76, 79, 80.

Charles I of Anjou (1220-1285);

defeats Manfred at Benevento, 28-9, 31, 34, 35, 36;

receives lordship of Florence for three years, 34.

Charles II of Anjou (1243-1309);

in Florence, 55;

aids Florentines, 56;

mentioned in De Vulg. Eloq., 241;

supposed to figure in Bargello fresco containing portrait of Dante, 268.

Charles of Valois (1270-1325);

representative of Boniface VIII in Florence, 82-3, 124.

Charles Martel of Hungary (1271-1295);

Dante’s acquaintance with, 140n.

Charles the Great (742-814);

Dante’s error as to coronation of, 237n.

Chaucer, Geoffrey (c. 1340-1400);

translations from D. C., in his works, 218.

Checcacci, G.;

opinion as to portraits of Dante, 142n.

Chiswick Press;

single volume edition of D. C., printed by Whittinghams at, 216.

Church, Dean;

quoted, 3-5.

Church, F. J.;

translation of De Monarchia, 239n.

Cialuffi, Lapa di Chiarissimo;

Dante’s stepmother, 37n., 38;

second wife of Alighiero, 38;

mention of, in document, 38n.

Ciccarelli, L.;

first editor of Boccaccio’s commentary on D. C., 223, 272.

Cicchetti, Pietro;

editor of first single volume English edition of D. C., 216;

his mistaken claim in respect of it, 216.

Cicero;

De Amicitia studied by Dante, 65, 67, 182.

Cinelli, Giovanni (d. 1706);

biographical notice of Dante, 136;

reference to mask of Dante, 136;

Kirkup’s statement that he mentions Giotto’s portrait of Dante, 267.

Cino da Pistoja (1270-c. 1337);

friend of Dante, 48;

canzone on death of Beatrice, 48-9, 107;

translated by Rossetti, 49;

canzone on death of Dante, 50, 107-8;

replies to Dante’s first sonnet, 50, 159;

his reply translated by Rossetti, 159n.;

poetical correspondence with Dante, 50, 107;

Dante’s letter to, on subject of love, 50, 248.

Cittadini, Celso (d. 1627);

Italian translation of De Vulg. Eloq., 245.

Civezza, M. da;

joint editor of Serravalle’s commentary on D. C., 273.

Clement IV (Pope, 1264-1268);

invites Charles of Anjou to take possession of Sicily, 28.

Clement V (Pope, 1305-1314);

death of, 97, 249, 250.

Codronchi, Mgr., Archbishop of Ravenna;

mention of the hiding of Dante’s remains, 114.

Colle;

editions of Costa’s commentary on D. C. published at, 228n.

Commedia;

Dante’s reference to in V. N., 48, 193;

dedications of, 92n., 195;

completed at Ravenna, 100;

divergent opinions in it and Convivio, 175;

Italian language brought to highest perfection in, 176;

account of, 193-206;

by Boccaccio, 193-5;

by Villani, 195;

echoes of, in Villani, 195;

its origin, 193-4;

Dante’s account of its subject and aim in letter to Can Grande, 195-6, 250;

its title, 196n.;

number of lines in, 197, 213;

date of action of, 197;

duration of action, 197-8;

dates of composition, 198;

scheme of, 198-206;

Boccaccio’s story of lost cantos of Paradiso, 206-8;

and of unfinished Inferno, 209-11;

why written in Italian, 211-12;

Dante and his rhymes, 213;

statistics of MSS., 213;

of printed editions, 213-14, 226;

editio princeps, 172, 191, 214;

French editions, 214;

selections printed in England, 214-15;

English editions, 215-17;

translations, 217-18;

English translations, 218-221;

statistics of, 219-20;

lectures on, by Boccaccio, 223;

by Benvenuto da Imola, 223, 225;

by Buti, 223-4;

by Filippo Villani, 250;

commentaries on, 41n., 98n., 101n., 103n., 131n., 146-7, 221-9, 271-4;

Cent. XIV, 221-4, 271-3;

Cent. XV, 224-6, 273;

Cent. XVI, 226, 273-4;

Cent. XVIII, 227;

Cent. XIX, 227-9;

English commentaries, 229-30;

indices, 227, 230;

dictionaries, 230;

concordance, 230;

the work quoted, 48n., 101n., 129n., 175n., 196n., 234n.

Compagni, Dino (c. 1260-1326);

his Chronicle quoted, 77-8.

Conrad the Salic (Emperor, 1024-1039);

progenitor of Swabian Emperors, 2.

Conrad III (Emperor, 1138-1152);

defeats Henry of Bavaria at Weinsberg, 2.

Conradin of Hohenstaufen (1251-1268);

intrigues of Guelfs with, 28.

Constance, Council of (1414-1418);

G. da Serravalle at instigation of two English bishops writes commentary on D. C. at, 225.

Convito;

incorrect title of Dante’s Convivio first used by Biscioni, 173n., 191.

Convivio;

reference to Dante’s exile in, 88-9, 91, 175, 177;

Kirkup makes drawing of Giotto’s portrait of Dante in copy of 1531 edition of, 134n.;

reference to V. N. in, 161;

Biscioni’s edition, 173n., 191;

account of the work, 173-92;

correct title of, 173n., 191;

editio princeps of, 173n., 191;

Cent. XVI editions, 173n., 191;

MSS. of, 173n., 191-2;

attempts to identify missing canzoni in, 174;

division into chapters, 174;

Villani’s account of, 174;

Boccaccio’s, 174-5;

date of work, 175;

perhaps composed at Bologna, 175;

meaning of name, 175;

wherein it differs from V. N. 175, 176;

reason why written in Italian, 175, 177-8;

analysis of work, 176-91;

English translations of, 176n., 192n.;

printed editions of, 191;

critical editions, 191;

supposed reference to De Vulg. Eloq.in, 241;

the work quoted, 42n., 48n., 66n., 69n., 173n., 174n., 175n., 197n., 234-5n.

Corbinelli, Jacopo (fl. 1570-1590);

printed editio princeps of De Vulg. Eloq., 245, 246, 276, 280;

first printed Serdini’s notice of Dante, 276;

his notice of Dante, 280.

Cordeliers;

Franciscans so called, 48n.

Cornell University Library;

copy of editio princeps of Quaestio de Aqua et Terra in, 257n.

Corrall, C.;

printer of Pickering’s diminutive edition of D. C., 215.

Corsi, Domenico Maria (Cardinal, 1686-1697);

restores Dante’s tomb at Ravenna, 107;

engraving of tomb as restored by him, 107n.

Corso Donati. See Donati.

Costa, Paolo;

commentary on D. C., 228;

editions of, 228n.

Credo, Dante’s; alleged origin of, 150-2;

MSS. of, 259-60: assigned by some to Antonio da Ferrara, 260;

editions of, 260;

English translation of, 260n.;

another Credo, 260n.

Cremona;

besieged by Henry VII, 94.

Cronica Generale dal 1321 al 1470;

anonymous notice of Dante in, 278.

D’ Ancona e Bacci;

Manuale della Letteratura Italiana, 72n.

Daniello, Bernardino (d. c. 1560);

commentary on D. C., 226, 274, 279;

notice of Dante, 279.

Danish;

translation of D. C., in, 217.

Dante Alighieri. See Alighieri, Dante.

Dante, Jacopo di. See Alighieri, Jacopo.

Dante, Pietro di. See Alighieri, Pietro.

Dante da Majano (fl. 1290);

replies to Dante’s first sonnet, 159;

reply translated by Rossetti, 159n.

Dante e il suo Secolo, 98n.

Dante e la Lunigiana, 247n.

“Dantinus” at Padua, doubtfully identified with Dante, 91n.

Dartmouth, Countess of (Frances Finch, 1761-1838);

second English edition of D. C., dedicated to, 215.

Davidsohn, R.;

Geschichte von Florenz, 40n.

Dayman, J.;

notes on D. C., 229.

Del Balzo, C.;

Poesie di Mille Autori intorno a Dante Alighieri, 276n.

Del Lungo, I.;

Beatrice nella Vita e nella Poesia del Secolo xiii, 43n., 46n.;

Dante ne’ tempi di Dante, 51n.;

Dell’ Esilio di Dante, 71n., 84n., 95n., 98n., 112n., 113n., 115n.;

Dal Secolo e dal Poema di Dante, 74n ;

Dino Compagni e la sua Cronica, 97n.;

monographs on Dante, 281.

Delizie degli Eruditi Toscani, 276n., 278.

Della Corte, Girolamo (fl. c. 1560);

notice of Dante, 279.

Della Torre, A.;

critical text of Dante’s letter to Florentine friend, 99n.

Dino Compagni. See Compagni.

Dino Perini. See Perini.

Dionisi, Giovanni Giacomo (1724-1808);

first printed Dante’s letter to

Florentine friend, 250;

reprinted Dante’s Eclogues in his Aneddoti, 253.

D’Israeli, Isaac (1766-1848);

anecdote of Dante in Curiosities of Literature, 156-7;

subscriber to Rossetti’s Comento Analitico alla D.C., 216.

Divina Commedia. See Commedia.

Dolce, Lodovico (1508-1568);

notice of Dante, 279.

Domenichelli, T.;

joint editor of Serravalle’s commentary on D. C., 273.

Domenico di Michelino (1417-1491);

his representation of Dante, 143;

formerly attributed to Orcagna, 143n.;

notice of, by William Barker, 143n.;

inscription on, translated by Ed. Wright, 143n.

Dominican Schools of Santa Maria Novella, 66n.

Donati family of Florence;

their houses back to back with those of Alighieri, 67n.;

leaders of Black Party, 76;

feud with Cerchi, 77-81.

Donati, Corso (d. 1308);

Podesta of Pistoja, 58;

at battle of Campaldino, 58, 59, 61, 67, 76;

leaders of Blacks in Florence, 76, 80, 83;

Giotto’s portrait of, 131, 268, 269.

Donati, Forese (d. 1296);

friend of Dante, 39, 51, 67;

poetical correspondence with Dante, 39, 51, 86.

Donati, Gemma;

Dante’s wife, 37n., 67;

her family, 67;

Boccaccio’s description of her, 67-8;

Dante’s relations with, 67-9;

identified by some with the “donna gentile” of V. N., 67n., 161;

separation from Dante, 88n.;

survives Dante, 71;

conceals Dante’s writings when he was condemned, 209-10;

claims back her dowry from Dante’s confiscated property, 210.

Donati, Manetto;

Dante’s father-in-law, 67, 86;

security for debt of Dante, 86, 87.

Donati, Maria;

Dante’s mother-in-law, 67, 86;

her will, 86.

Doni, Anton Francesco (1513-1574);

first printed Italian translation of

Dante’s letter to Henry VII, 249;

alleged letter of Dante to Guido Novello da Polenta first printed by, 251n.

Donkey-driver, Dante and, 150.

Dupré, G.;

opinion as to portraits of Dante, 142n.

Dutch;

translation of D. C., in, 217.

Eastlake, Charles Lock (1793-1865);

friend of Bezzi, who helped to discover the Bargello portrait of Dante, 267.

Eclogues of Dante, 100, 172;

account of, 252-3;

Boccaccio’s mention of, 252;

MSS. of, 252;

Latin commentary on, 255n., 256n.;

editions of, 253;

analysis of, 253-6;

English translations of, 253n.

Edinburgh;

English editions of D.C. published at, 216.

Edizioni del naso of D. C., 226n.

Edward III (1327-1377);

failure of Bardi banking house through his default, 46n.

Elisei;

Dante’s supposed descent from, 41n.;

situation of their house in Florence, 41n.

Eliseo;

ancestor of Dante, 38, 40.

Eloquentia, De Vulgari. See Vulgari Eloquentia, De.

Empoli;

Ghibelline council at, 27.

England;

supposed visit of Dante to, 92-3;

editions of D. C., printed in, 215-17.

English commentaries on D. C., 229-30.

English editions of D. C., 215-17.

English Historical Review;

account of opening of Dante’s tomb, 116-17;

article on unknown biographical notice of Dante, 278n.

English translations of Canzoniere, 160n.;

of Vita Nuova, 173n.;

of Convivio, 176n., 192n.;

of D. C., 218-20;

of Ugolino episode, 220;

of Francesca da Rimini, 220;

of Purg. viii. 1-6, 220-1;

of De Monarchia, 238 n.-9 n.;

of De Vulgari Eloquentia, 245n.;

of Latin Letters, 251n.;

of Latin Eclogues, 253n.;

of Quaestio de Aqua et Terra, 258n.;

of Apocryphal Works, 260n.;

of Villani’s notice of Dante, 275;

of Boccaccio’s Vita di Dante, 275;

of Bruni’s Vita di Dante, 277.

Epicycle;

definition of, 204n.

Ercole, P.;

Guido Cavalcanti e le sue Rime, 47n., 50n., 82n.

Escorial;

MS. of G. da Serravalle’s commentary on D. C., in, 224n., 277n.

Faggiuola, Uguccione della (d. 1320);

Ghibelline leader, 92n., 97, 98;

alleged letter of Frate Ilario to, concerning Dante, 92n., 248, 263-6;

alleged dedication of Inferno to, 92n.;

captures Lucca, 97;

defeats Tuscan Guelfs at Monte Catini, 98, 253.

Faltoni, Perseo;

drawing of the Giotto portrait of Dante, 270n.

Fanfani, P.;

editor of commentary of Anonimo Fiorentino on D. C., 224, 273.

Farinata degli Uberti. See Uberti.

Farinelli, A.;

Dante in Ispagna, 224n., 277n.

Fauno, Lucio;

Italian translation of Pope Pius II’s compendium of Flavio Biondo’s Historiae ab inclinato Romano Imperio, 277.

Fay, E. A.;

Concordance of the D. C., 230.

Ferrara;

Cacciaguida’s wife probably native of, 40.

Ferretti, Giampietro (1482-1557);

notice of Dante, 279.

Fiammazzo, A.;

editor of Graziolo de’ Bambaglioli’s Latin commentary on Inferno, 221, 271.

Ficino, Marsilio (1433-1499);

Italian translation of De Monarchia, 238;

first printed by Fraticelli, 238n.;

Italian translation of Dante’s letter to the Princes and Peoples of Italy attributed to, 248.

Fiduccio de’ Milotti. See Milotti.

Filelfo, Giovanni Mario (1426-1480);

mentions letters of Dante, 252;

Vita Dantis, 252n., 278;

Kirkup’s statement that he mentions Giotto’s portrait of Dante, 267.

Flaccus Illyricus. See Francowitz.

Florence;

proposed destruction of, by Ghibellines, 27;

saved by Farinata degli Uberti, 27;

Vendetta in, 41-2;

baptisms in, 43n.;

hospital of Santa Maria Nuova, 47;

Blacks and Whites in, 76-81;

besieged by Henry VII, 95,;

edition of Dante’s lyrical poems printed at, 160, 172;

editio princeps of V. N., 160, 172;

Biscioni’s edition, 172, 191;

Barbi’s critical edition, 173;

first English translation of V. N., 173n.;

editio princeps of Convivio, 173n., 191;

editions of D. C., 196n., 227n., 228n.;

Landino’s commentary on D. C., first printed at, 196n., 214, 225-6, 273;

Boccaccio’s lectures on D. C., at, 223;

Gelli’s lectures, 226;

F. Villani’s lectures, 250;

Rajna’s critical edition of De Vulg. Eloq.printed at, 245n., 246.

Florentine reckoning, 28n., 36n.;

method of indicating old and modern styles, 36n.

Florentines;

Dante’s letter to, 93-4, 248-9;

Boccaccio’s rebuke to, 109-112;

attempt to get possession of Dante’s remains, 112-15.

Folco Portinari. See Portinari.

Foligno;

editio princeps of D. C., printed at, 214.

Fondora, Cosciorino;

husband of Gentucca Morla, 97.

Forese Donati. See Donati.

Foresti, Jacopo Filippo (1434-1520);

notice of Dante, 278;

Italian translations of, 278.

Forlì; Dante at, 90, 92.

Foscolo, Ugo (1778-1827);

edition of D. C. 216, 228;

Discorso sul Testo della D. C., 216, 228.

Foxe, John (1516-1587);

probably saw editio princeps of De Monarchia through the press, 239;

volume containing it quoted in Book of Martyrs, 239.

Francesca da Rimini episode from D. C.;

English translations of, 220.

Francesco Alighieri. See Alighieri.

Francis, St.;

legend as to rocks at La Vernia in connection with his receiving the stigmata, 48n.

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