Franciscan Order;

tradition that Dante joined it for a time, 48n.;

salutation of, given by Statius and returned by Virgil in Purgatory, 48n.

Francowitz, Mathias Flach (d. 1575);

notice of Dante, 279.

Frangipani of Rome;

Dante’s reputed descent from, 37.

Fraticelli, P.;

Vita di Dante, 67n., 72n., 73n., 266, 281;

commentary on D. C., 229;

edition of De Monarchia, 231n., 238n.;

chapter divisions in, 231n.;

first printed Ficino’s translation, 238n.;

edition of Boccaccio’s commentary on D. C., 272.

Frederick II (Emperor, 1212-1250);

helps to repel Guelfs from Florence, 7-10;

called by Dante the last Emperor of the Romans, 234n.

Frederick II (King of Sicily, 1296-1337);

Paradiso said to have been dedicated to, 92n., 266.

French;

translations of D. C., in, 217.

Frere, John Hookham (1769-1846);

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

Frescobaldi, Dino;

sends first seven cantos of Inferno to Moroello Mala-spina, 210-11.

Frullani e Gargani;

Della Casa di Dante, 40n.

Gabrielli, Cante de’; Podestà of Florence, 83;

sentences Dante to banishment, and afterwards to death, 83-4, 88, 98.

Gaddi, Taddeo (c. 1300-1366);

portrait of Dante in Santa Croce, 141;

destroyed by Vasari, 141.

Gaetana (Tana) Alighieri. See Alighieri.

Galleria di Minerva, 250n.Gardner, E. See Wicksteed and Gardner.

Gargani, G. See Frullani.

Gargonza;

meeting of exiled Whites at, 90.

Garrow, Joseph (fl. 1840);

translation of V. N., 173n.

Gelli, Giovan Battista (1498-1563);

lectures on D. C., 226, 274;

statement as to commentary on D. C., by Giambullari, 226n.

Gemma Donati. See Donati.

Genoa;

Henry VII at, 95;

King Robert of Naples besieged in, 253.

Gentucca;

Dante’s attachment to, 71, 97;

identified as wife of Cosciorino Fondora of Lucca, 97 n. See Morla.

Geri del Bello;

first cousin of Dante’s father, 41;

murder of, by one of Sacchetti, 42, 147;

Dante’s meeting with, in Hell, 42;

his murder avenged, 42.

German;

translations of D.C., in, 217;

translation of Dante’s lyrical poems in, 247n.

Gherardesca, Ugolino della (d. 1289);

leader of Pisan Guelfs, 55;

imprisonment and death in Tower of Famine at Pisa, 55, 62.

Ghibellines;

expelled from Florence, 14-15;

retire to Siena, 15-16;

helped by King Manfred, 16-17;

victorious at Montaperti, 21-5;

hold council at Empoli, 27;

return to Florence, 27-8;

masters of Tuscany, 28;

downfall after death of Manfred, 28-35;

defeated at Campaldino, 53-60.

Giambullari, Pier Francesco (1495-1555);

commentary on D. C., 226n.;

quoted by Gelli, 226n.;

De ’l sito, forma, e misure dello Inferno, 226n.

Gianni, Lapo (fl. 1300);

friend of Dante and Guido Cavalcanti, 165n..

Giannini, C.;

editor of Buti’s commentary on D. C., 224, 273.

Giardino, Piero di;

friend of Dante at Ravenna, 100n., 103n., 119;

supplies Boccaccio with information about Dante, 103n., 119;

his account of Jacopo di Dante’s dream as to the lost cantos of the Paradiso, 207-8.

Gillum, Col. W. J.;

presents Kirkup’s drawing of Giotto’s portrait of Dante to Museo Nazionale at Florence, 134n.

Gillum, Mrs.;

account of how Kirkup made drawing of Giotto’s portrait of Dante, 134n.

Giornale Dantesco, 71n., 101n.

Giornale del Centenario di Dante, 142n., 143n.

Giornale Storico della Letteratura Italiana, 41n.

Giotto (1266-1337);

mentioned in D. C., 129n.;

portrait of Dante, 128-35, 139-40, 141;

account of, by Lord Lindsay, 130n.;

probable date of, 130n.;

references to, by F. Villani, 130;

Antonio Pucci, 130n.;

G. Manetti, 130-1;

Vasari, 131, 132;

Landino, 131n.;

Moreni, 132;

his portraits of Brunetto Latino and Corso Donati, 131;

rediscovery of fresco containing portraits, 135n., 267-70;

Kirkup’s drawing of the Dante portrait, 134-5;

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

Giovanna;

lady of Guido Cavalcanti, 170.

Giovanni dei Bertoldi. See Serravalle.

Giovanni del Virgilio. See Virgilio.

Giovanni, San, Baptistery of, at Florence;

attempted destruction of, by Ghibellines, 10-11;

saved by Niccolò Pisano, 12n.;

Cacciaguida baptized in, 40;

Dante baptized in, 42;

Dante breaks font in, 42-3;

fonts in, 43n.;

Villani’s estimate of baptisms in, 43n.

Giovio, Paolo (1485-1552);

notice of Dante, 279.

Giuliani, G. B.;

edition of De Monarchia, 231n.;

chapter divisions in, 231n.

Gloucester, Humphrey, Duke of (1391-1447);

presents copy of Giovanni da Serravalle’s commentary on D. C., to University of Oxford, 224n.

Gonzaga, Luigi Valenti (Cardinal, 1776);

restores Dante’s tomb at Ravenna, 107, 114.

Gower, John (c. 1330-1408);

anecdote of Dante in Confessio Amantis, 145-6.

Grauert, Prof. H.;

identification of the notice of Dante in 1494 edition of Speculum Historiale, 278n.

Gray, Thomas (1716-1771);

translated Ugolino episode from D. C., 218;

first line of Elegy inspired by Purg.viii. 6, 220-1.

Greek;

Dante ignorant of, 66;

translation of D. C., in, 217.

Gregory XV (Pope, 1621-1623);

receives MS. of Dante’s letters and De Monarchia from Maximilian of Bavaria, 247.

Grenoble;

MS. of De Vulg. Eloq.at, 246.

Gualdrada, la buona;

her sister the wife of Alighiero, Dante’s greatgrandfather, 41.

Guardamorto, tower at Florence;

destroyed by Ghibellines, 11-12.

Guelfs and Ghibellines, 1-35;

origin of names, 1-2;

introduction into Italy, 2;

characteristics of the two parties, 2-5;

first appearance in Florence, 5-7;

distinctive banners adopted by, 14-15;

varying fortunes of (1215-1267), 7-35.

Guelfs;

expulsion of, from Florence, 8;

return of, 12;

defeated at Montaperti, 21-5, 39;

retire to Lucca, 26;

expelled thence, 28;

regain their ascendancy, 28-35;

Dante’s Guelf connexions, 36-7, 39;

Guelf victory at Campaldino, 53-60;

Black and White Guelfs, 75-83;

Dante one of the White Guelfs, 82;

Tuscan Guelfs defeated at Monte Catini by Uguccione della Faggiuola, 98.

Guido Cavalcanti. See Cavalcanti.

Guido da Pisa;

Latin commentary on Inferno, 222, 271;

Italian translation of, 222, 271.

Guido Guerra (d. 1272);

leader of Florentine Guelfs, 20-1, 29.

Guido Novello, Count (d. 1293);

Ghibelline Podestà of Florence, 27;

commands Ghibelline expedition against Lucca, 28;

murmurs against, in Florence, 30;

alarm after Manfred’s death, 31;

fails to repress the discontented Florentines, 32;

flies from Florence, 33;

Podestà of Arezzo, 56;

his flight at battle of Campaldino, 59.

Guido Novello da Battifolle;

Dante’s host at Poppi, 93.

Guido Novello da Polenta (d. c. 1325);

invites Dante to Ravenna, 99;

sends him on embassy to Venice, 103, 155;

his honourable burial of

Dante, 104-5, 109, 116;

leaves tomb incomplete, 105-6, 136;

probably

had cast taken from Dante’s face, 135-6;

alleged letter of Dante to,

from Venice, 251;

figures as Iolas in poetical correspondence between

Dante and G. del Virgilio, 255-6.

Hadrian I (Pope, 772-795);

Dante’s error as to coronation of Charles the

Great by, 237n.

Hallam, Henry (1777-1859);

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

Hallam, Robert (Bp. of Salisbury, 1408-1417);

at Council of Constance instigated Giovanni da Serravalle to write commentary on D. C., 225;

Chancellor of University of Oxford, 225.

Hamilton, G. L.;

notes on G. da Serravalle and his commentary on D. C., 224n.

Hardouin, Jean (1646-1729);

Doutes sur l’âge du Dante, 279n.

Harington, Sir John (1561-1612);

anecdote of Dante in his Epigrams, 155;

lines from D. C., translated by, 218.

Haselfoot, F. K. H.;

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

Hayley, William (1745-1820);

printed Italian text of Inf. i.-iii. in notes to Essay on Epic Poetry, 215;

translation in terza rima of same in same, 215, 218.

Haym, Niccola Francesco (d. 1730);

Biblioteca Italiana, 276n., 277n. 278n., 279n.

Hebrew;

translation of Inferno in, 217.

Hecker, O.;

Boccaccio-Funde, 45 n.

Heidelberg;

MS. of Dante’s letters and De Monarchia removed from, by Tilly, 247.

Henry IV (Emperor, 1056-1106);

confers Duchy of Bavaria upon Welfs, 2.

Henry V (Emperor, 1106-1125);

succeeded by Lothair of Saxony, 2.

Henry VI (Emperor, 1190-1197);

brother of Philip, Duke of Swabia, 2.

Henry VII (Emperor, 1308-1313);

enters Italy, 93;

resisted by Florence, 93-4, 95-6;

besieges Cremona, 94;

Dante’s letter to, 94, 249;

Dante present at his coronation at Milan, 94;

issues edicts against Florence, 95;

besieges Florence, 95;

raises siege, 96;

death at Buonconvento, 96;

rejoicings of Florentines at, 96-7;

reference to, in De Monarchia, 234n.;

coronation at Aix, 235n.;

death of, suggested to Dante by G. del Virgilio as theme for Latin poem, 253.

Henry, Aurelia;

translation of De Monorchia, 239n.

Herbst, Johann. See Oporinus.

Heywood, Thomas (c. 1575-c 1650);

extract from D.C.printed in Hierarchie of the Blessed Angels, 214.

Hierarchies, Celestial;

Dante’s different opinions as to arrangement of, in Convivio and D. C., 175.

Hillard, K.;

translation of Convivio, 192n.

Historisches Jahrbuch, 278n.

Hohenstaufen;

imperial line, 2;

Conradin of, 28.

Homer;

quoted at second-hand in V. N., 66.

Horace;

quoted in V. N., 66.

Hornby, C. H. St. J.;

editions of D. C., and whole works of Dante, printed by, 217.

Howard, Nathaniel (fl. 1800);

translated Inferno, 219;

notes on Inferno, 229.

Howell, A. G. F.;

translation of De Vulg. Eloq., 241n., 245n.

Huggins, William (1696-1761);

author of earliest recorded English translation of D. C., 218.

Hume, Joseph (1777-1855);

translated Inferno, 219;

notes on Inferno, 229.

Humphrey, Duke. See Gloucester.

Hungarian;

translation of D. C., in, 217.

Hungary, King of;

alleged letter of Dante to, 252.

Icelandic;

selections from D. C., translated into, 217.

Ilario, Frate;

alleged letter of, to Uguccione della Faggiuola, concerning

Dante’s visit to monastery of Santa Croce del Corvo, 92n.;

the letter known to Boccaccio, 212n.;

MS. containing it owned by Boccaccio, 248;

translation of, 263-6.

Ildefonso da San Luigi, Padre;

Delizie degli Eruditi Toscani, 276n., 278.

Imbriani, V.;

Studi Danteschi, 86n., 91n., 280.

Imola, Benvenuto da. See Rambaldi.

Inferno;

alleged dedication to Uguccione della Faggiuola, 92n.;

number of lines in, 197;

date of composition, 198;

scheme of, 198-200;

Boccaccio’s account of recovery of seven first cantos of, 209-11;

English translations of, 218-20;

Cent. XIV commentaries on, 221-2;

Boccaccio’s unfinished commentary on, 223.

Inquisition, and editio princeps of V. N., 172-3.

Inquisitor, Dante and, 150-2.

Iolas;

name under which Guido da Polenta figures in poetical correspondence between Dante and G. del Virgilio, 255-6.

Jackson, W. W.;

translation of Convivio, 176n., 192n.;

summary of contents utilized, 176-91.

Jacopo Alighieri. See Alighieri.

Jahrbuch der Deutschen Dante-Gesellschaft, 270n.

Jena;

edition of Lombardi’s commentary on D. C. published at, 227n.

Jesi;

edition of D. C., printed at, 214.

John I, Marquis of Montferrat. See Montferrat.

John XXII (Pope, 1316-1334);

attempt on life of, by Visconti of Milan, 101-3;

Dante’s aid invoked as a sorcerer, 102;

uncle of Cardinal Bertrand du Pouget, 232n.

Jubilee of 1300;

date of action of D. C., 197.

Kannegiesser, K. L.;

translation of Dante’s lyrical poems, 247n.

Kirkup, Seymour (1788-1880);

helps to discover Bargello portrait of Dante, 132;

account of it before restoration, 133-4;

facsimile, tracing, and drawing of it, 134-5;

sale of his library, 134n.;

account of the three masks of Dante, 136-7;

letter to Charles Lyell as to mask, 136n.;

presents mask to Oxford Dante Society, 137n.;

letters to G. Rossetti as to discovery of Bargello portrait, 267-70.

Kleptomania;

anecdote of Dante and, 156.

Kraus, F. X.;

Dante, Sein Leben and Sein Werk, 270n.

Lacaita, G. F.;

editor of Benvenuto da Imola’s commentary on D. C., 223, 272.

La Vernia;

tradition as to upheaval of rocks of, at Crucifixion, 48n.

Lagia;

lady mentioned in Son. xxxii., 165n.

Lana, Jacopo della (d. aft. 1358);

author of first complete commentary on D. C., 222, 271;

his work erroneously attributed to Benvenuto da Imola, 271n.;

editions and MSS. of, 222, 271-2;

Latin translations of, 222-3, 272.

Lancia, Andrea (c. 1290-c. 1360);

author of Ottimo Comento on D. C., 223, 272.

Landino, Cristoforo (1434-1504);

mentions Giotto’s portrait of Dante, 131n.;

commentary on D. C., 131n., 196n., 214, 225-6, 273;

notice of Dante, 131n., 278.

Lando da Gubbio;

proclaims amnesty to Florentine exiles, 98;

Villani’s description of, 98n.

Lapa Cialuffi. See Cialuffi.

Lapo Gianni. See Gianni.

Lastra;

exiled Whites at, 90.

Latham, C. S.;

translation of Dante’s Letters, 251n.

Latin;

translations of D. C., in, 224n.

Latino, Brunetto (c. 1210-1294);

relations with Dante, 64;

his Trésor, 64;

Giotto’s portrait of, 131, 268, 269.

Leghorn. See Livorno.

Leicester, Earl of;

owns MS. of Convivio at Holkham, 192n.

Leigh, Edward (1602-1671);

Treatise of Religion and Learning, and of Religious and Learned Men, 279n.

Leipzig;

edition of V. N. published at, 167n.

Leland, John (c. 1500-1552);

saw copies of G. da Serravalle’s commentary on D. C., at Oxford and Wells, 224n.

Leo X (Pope, 1513-1521);

authorizes removal of Dante’s remains from Ravenna, 113-14, 117.

Leon Poggi. See Poggi.

Leonardo Aretino. See Bruni, Leonardo.

Letters of Dante;

mentioned by Bruni, 54n., 57n., 86n., 91n., 95n., 251;

by Villani, 249-50;

by Boccaccio, 251;

by Filelfo, 252;

account of, 246-52;

discovered mostly through exertions of Witte, 246n.;

Witte’s editions of, 246n., 247, 248, 249;

numeration of, in Oxford Dante, 246n.;

Torri’s edition, 251n.;

doubtful letters, 251-2;

English translations, 251n.;

to Cino da Pistoja, 50, 248;

to Princes and Peoples of Italy, 93, 248;

to Florentines, 93-4, 95-6, 248-9;

to Emperor Henry VII, 94, 249;

to Italian Cardinals, 97, 249-50;

to friend in Florence, 98-9, 250;

critical text of, 99n.;

to Can Grande, 195-6, 250;

utilized by F. Villani, 250;

to Niccolò da Prato, 246-7;

to Counts of Romena, 247;

to Moroello Malaspina, 247;

letters quoted, 54n., 93-4, 195-6.

Lindsay, Lord (1812-1880);

account of Giotto’s portrait of Dante in History of Christian Art, 133n.

Liverpool;

Rossetti’s picture of “Dante’s Dream” in Walker Art Gallery, 170n.

Livorno;

edition of V. N. published at, 167n.;

edition of D. C. printed at, with false imprint of London, 214;

editions of Venturi’s commentary on D. C. published at, 227n.;

Torri’s edition of Dante’s letters, 247n., 248n., 249n., 251n.

Lombardi, Francesco Baldassare;

commentary on D. C., 227;

editions of, 227.

Lombardi, Pietro (d. c. 1515);

Venetian architect entrusted by Bembo with restoration of Dante’s tomb at Ravenna, 106-7;

part of his work still existent, 107.

London;

edition of D. C. with false imprint of, 214;

earliest editions of D. C. printed in, 215-16;

Rossetti’s Comento Analitico alla D. C., 216, 228;

Foscolo’s Discorso sul testo delta D. C., and edition of D. C., 216, 228;

centenary edition of D. C., 217.

Longfellow, H. W.;

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

Lonsdale, Countess of (Augusta Fane, 1761-1838);

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

Lowell, J. R.;

quoted, 104.

Lubin, A.;

commentary on D. C., 229.

Lucan;

quoted in V. N., 66.

Lucca;

Dante’s attachment to lady of, 71, 97;

captured by Uguccione della Faggiuola, 97;

Dante at, 97;

Venturi’s commentary on D. C., first published at, 227.

Luiso, F. P.;

Chiose di Dante le quali fece el figluolo, 70n., 222n.;

Tra Chiose e Commenti Antichi alla D. C., 70n.

Luni, Bishop of;

Dante’s negotiations with, on behalf of Malaspini, 92.

Lunigiana;

Dante in, 91-2.

Lyell, Charles (1767-1849);

Poems of the Vita Nuova and Convito of Dante, 136n., 160n.;

letter from Kirkup as to mask of Dante, 136n.;

translation of Dante’s lyrical poems, 160n.

Lyons;

editions of D. C., printed at, 214;

first edition of D. C., printed outside Italy, executed at, 214.

Lyrical Poems of Dante, 165n.;

mention of, by Villani, 159;

by Boccaccio, 159-60;

earliest printed editions, 160;

English translations, 160n.;

Santi’s edition, 174n.

Lysistratus Sicyonius (c. 320 B.C.);

according to Pliny the first who took cast of human face, 135n.

Macrì-Leone, F.;

edition of Boccaccio’s Vita di Dante, 45n., 68n., 69n., and passim. See Boccaccio.

Maffei, Rafaello (1451-1522);

notice of Dante, 279.

Maghinardo da Susinana (d. 1302);

though Ghibelline by birth supports the Florentine Guelfs, 56n.

Malaspina Currado (d. c. 1294);

“foretells” Dante’s visit to the Malaspini in Lunigiana, 91-2.

Malaspina, Franceschino (d. bet. 1313 and 1321);

Dante’s host at Sarzana, 91-2.

Malaspina, Moroello (d. c. 1315);

Purgatorio said to have been dedicated to, 92n., 266;

first seven cantos of Inferno sent to, by Dino Frescobaldi, 210-11;

Dante with, in Lunigiana, 211;

urges Dante to complete Inferno, 211;

letter of Dante to, 247;

F. Novati on, 247n.

Malaspini;

Dante’s relations with, 91-2.

Malavolti, Catalano de’; Guelf, appointed joint Podestà of Florence, with Loderingo degli Andalò, in 1266, 30n.

Manardi, A.;

edition of alleged Credo of Dante, 260n.

Manetti, Giannozzo (1396-1459);

mentions Giotto’s portrait of Dante, 130-1;

Vita Dantis, 131n., 277.

Manetto Portinari. See Portinari.

Manfred, King (c. 1231-1266);

helps exiled Florentine Ghibellines, 16-17, 18-19;

defeat of his German horsemen, 19;

reinforces the Ghibelline exiles at Siena, 19-21;

defeated and killed at Benevento, 28-9, 34, 35, 36.

Mantua;

Dante at, 100-1, 257;

edition of D. C., printed at, 214;

statue of Dante at, 260n.

Mantuans;

their reverence for Virgil, 110.

Marini;

helps in search for Bargello portrait of Dante, 133;

retouches the portrait, 133, 269.

Martin, Theodore (1816-1909);

translation of V. N., 173n.

Martinella;

Florentine bell so called, 17, 18, 21, 24;

captured with Carroccio by Sienese at battle of Montaperti, 24.

Marvellian stanzas;

translation of Purgatorio in, 220n.

Masson, Jean Papire (1544-1611);

Vita Dantis, 280.

Maurolico, Francesco (fl. c. 1550);

notice of Dante, 279.

Maximilian of Bavaria (1573-1651);

presents MS. of Dante’s letters and De Monarchia to Pope Gregory XV, 247.

Mazzini, Giuseppe (1805-1872);

editor of Foscolo’s edition of D. C., 216, 228.

Medicean Academy at Florence;

urge removal of Dante’s remains to Florence, 117n.

Medici, Cosimo de’ (1519-1569);

destroys Taddeo Gaddi’s portrait of Dante in Santa Croce, 141.

Medici, Francesco I de’ (Grand-Duke, 1574-1587);

removes font broken by Dante from Baptistery of Florence, 43n.

Medici, Lorenzo de’ (1448-1492);

attempts to obtain Dante’s remains from Ravenna, 112.

Mehus, L.;

Vita Ambrosii Traversarii, 276;

edition of Manetti’s lives of Dante, Petrarch and Boccaccio, 277.

Meliboeus;

name under which Dino Perini figures in poetical correspondence between Dante and G. del Virgilio, 100n., 209n., 254-6. See Perini.

Mezzano, Menghino;

friend of Dante at Ravenna, 100n., 105;

his epitaph on Dante, 100n., 103n., 105, 107;

his friendship with Dante attested by Coluccio Salutati, 100n., 105n.;

statement as to date of Dante’s death, 103n.;

close student of D. C., and reputed commentator, 105n.

Michel Angelo (1475-1564);

offers to design and execute tomb for Dante’s remains, 113.

Michelino, Domenico di. See Domenico.

Milan;

Dante present at coronation of Henry VII at, 94;

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

edition of Convivio, 191;

edition of D. C., 214, 222, 271;

editions of Jacopo della Lana’s commentary on D. C., 222, 271;

edition of Stefano Talice da Ricaldone’s so-called commentary on D. C., 225, 273;

Biagioli’s commentary, 228n.;

Costa’s commentary, 228n.;

Tommaseo’s commentary, 228n.;

MS. of De Vulg. Eloq. at, 246.

Milanesi, Gaetano;

Opere di Vasari, 141n., 143n., 145n.;

report on portraits of Dante, 142n.;

edition of Boccaccio’s commentary on D. C., 272.

Milotti, Fiduccio de’; friend of Dante at Ravenna, 100n.;

the Alphesiboeus of his Eclogues, 100n., 255-6.

Milton, John (1608-1674);

lines from D. C., translated by, 218;

reference to Boccaccio’s account of De Monarchia, 233n.

Minutoli, C.;

Gentucca e gli altri Lucchesi nominati nella D. C., 98n.

Missirini, M.;

Vita di Dante, 281.

Modena;

edition of Convivio printed at, 191.

Modern Language Review, 173n., 219n., 223n.

Modern Quarterly of Language and Literature, 278n.

Monarchia, De;

condemned to be burned by Cardinal Bertrand du Pouget, 102, 232-3;

account of, 231-9;

chapter divisions in, 231n.;

Villani’s mention of, 232;

Boccaccio’s account, 232-3;

date of, 232, 233-5;

no reference to Dante’s exile in, 234;

mention of Paradiso in some MSS. of, 234;

analysis of, 235-8;

Cent. XV Italian translations, 238;

English translations, 238n.;

editio princeps, 238-9;

the volume containing it probably seen through press by John Foxe, 239;

quoted by Foxe in Book of Martyrs, 239;

Oporinus’ mistake as to author of, 239;

MSS. of, 239, 247.

Moncetti, G. B.;

first editor of Quaestio de Aqua et Terra, 257.

Montaperti, battle of (1260);

Florentine Guelfs defeated by Sienese, 37n., 39, 42.

Monte Cassino;

anonymous commentary on D. C. by monk of, 223, 272.

Monte Catini, battle of (1315);

Tuscan Guelfs defeated by Uguccione della Faggiuola, 98, 253;

the event suggested to Dante by G. del Virgilio as subject for Latin poem, 253.

Montefeltro, Buonconte da (d. 1289);

Ghibelline leader, killed at battle of Campaldino, 60-1;

relates to Dante, in Purgatory, the fate of his body, 61-2.

Montefeltro, Guido da (1223-1298);

father of Buonconte, 60.

Montferrat, John I, Marquis of (1276-1305);

mention of, in De Vulg. Eloq., 241.

Montfort, Guy de (c. 1243-1288);

vicar in Florence after battle of Montaperti, 34-5.

Monza;

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

Moon, spots on;

Dante’s different theories as to, in Convivio and D. C., 175.

Moore, Dr. E.;

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

critical edition of Convivio in Oxford Dante, 191;

owns MS. of Convivio, 192n.;

Studies in Dante, 197n., 221n., 222n., 258n.;

Time References in D. C., 198n.;

Contributions to Textual Criticism of D. C., 213n.;

editor of Oxford Dante, 217n.;

and of centenary edition of D. C., 217n.;

identified Italian translation of Graziolo de’ Bambaglioli’s Latin commentary on Inferno, 221n.;

on Quaestio de Aqua et Terra, 258;

Dante and his Early Biographers, 276n., 277n., 280.

Mopsus;

name under which G. del Virgilio figures in poetical correspondence with Dante, 254-6. See Virgilio.

Mordani, Filippo;

mention of hiding of Dante’s remains, 114.

Moreni;

his attempts to discover Giotto’s portrait of Dante, 132.

Morla, C. di Guglielmo di;

father of Gentucca, 97n.

Morla, Gentucca;

identified with Gentucca mentioned in D. C., 97.

Moronto;

ancestor of Dante, 38n., 40.

Moryson, Fynes (1566-1630);

translates Bernardo Canaccio’s epitaph on Dante, 106n.;

transcribes Bembo’s inscription on Dante’s tomb, 107n.

Moutier, I.;

edition of Boccaccio’s commentary on D. C., 272.

Mozzi, Andrea de’ (Bp. of Florence, 1287-1295);

hospital of Santa Maria Nuova endowed by Folco Portinari at his suggestion, 47n.

Murray, John (1778-1843);

publisher of Rossetti’s Comento Analitico alla D. C., 215-16.

Muso;

name under which Albertino Mussato of Padua figures in poetical correspondence between Dante and G. del Virgilio, 255.

Mussato, Albertino (1261-1329);

figures under the name of Muso in poetical correspondence between Dante and G. del Virgilio, 255.

Naples;

Henry VII marches against, 96;

bronze bust of Dante at, 141;

editions of D. C. printed at, 214;

editions of Lombardi’s commentary on D. C., 227n.;

of Biagioli’s commentary, 228n.;

of Costa’s commentary, 228n.;

reprint of Quaestio de Aqua et Terra, 257n.

Naples, King Robert of. See Robert.

Negroni, C.;

editor of Stefano Talice da Ricaldone’s so-called commentary on D. C., 225, 273;

of Gelli’s lectures on D. C., 226, 274.

Neri. See Blacks.

Niccola Pisano (c. 1205-1278);

destroys Guardamorto tower at Florence, 11n.;

contrives to spare Baptistery, 12n.

Nicoletti, Marcantonio (1536-1596);

notice of Dante, 280.

Nidobeato, Martino Paolo;

edition of D. C., with commentary of Jacopo della Lana, printed by, at Milan, 222, 271.

Nine;

connection of, with Beatrice, 164-6.

Norton, C. E. (1827-1908);

On the Original Portraits of Dante, 128-40;

translation of V. N., 162n., 173n.;

remarks on V. N., 162-4;

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

review of Tamburini’s translation of Benvenuto da Imola’s commentary on D. C., 272.

Norwegian;

selections from D. C., translated into, 217.

Novati, F.;

Epistolario di Coluccio Salutati, 105n., 196n.;

on Dante’s letter to Moroello Malaspina, 247n.

Nuremberg Chronicle;

notice of Dante in, 278.

Okey, T.;

translation of V. N., 159n., 160n., 173n.

Oporinus, Joannes (1507-1568);

printer of editio princeps of De Monarchia, 239;

his error as to authorship of treatise, 239.

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.

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;

Boccaccio’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.

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.

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 che 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.

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;

sonnet of Quirini to, urging him to publish Dante’s Paradiso, 108;

stories of Dante and, 144-6, 154;

Paradiso dedicated to, 195, 250;

Dante’s letter to, explaining subject and aim of D. C., 195-6, 250,

cantos of Paradiso submitted to, by Dante, 208;

missing cantos sent to, by Dante’s sons, 208;

his operations against Padua suggested to Dante by G. del Virgilio as subject for Latin poem, 253.

Scaligers of Verona. See Scala.

Scarabelli, L.;

editor of Jacopo della Lana’s commentary on D. C., 222, 271.

Scartazzini, G. A.;

commentary on D. C., 229;

Enciclopedia Dantesca, 230, 281;

Companion to Dante, 250n., 281;

Dante-Handbuch, 281;

Prolegomeni della D. C., 281.

Schedel, Hartmann (d. c. 1500);

notice of Dante in Nuremberg Chronicle, 278.

Scherillo, M.;

Alcuni Capitoli della Biografia di Dante, 38n., 280;

La Forma Architettonica della Vita Nuova, 166n.

Schönbrunn; MS. of Cittadini’s translation of De Vulg. Eloq. preserved at, 245.

Scott, Sir Walter (1771-1832);

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

Selfe. See Wicksteed.

Selmi, F.;

editor of anonymous commentary on Inferno, 222, 271.

Sercambi, Giovanni (1348-1424);

anecdotes of Dante, 152-4.

Serdini, Simone (c. 1360-c. 1419);

otherwise known as II Saviozzo, 276;

notice of Dante, 276.

Serravalle, Giovanni da (c. 1350-1445);

statement that Dante studied at Oxford, 93, 225;

otherwise known as G. de’ Bertoldi, 224, 276;

Latin commentary and translation of D. C., 224-5, 273, 276-7;

copy of, presented to University of Oxford by Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, 224n.;

copies of, seen by Leland at Oxford and at Wells, 224n.;

MSS. of, 224n., 277n.;

written during Council of Constance at instigation of two English Bishops, 224-5;

Serravalle’s visit to England, 225;

not a ice of Dante, 276-7.

Sette Salmi Penitenziali;

alleged translation of, by Dante, 259;

MSS.

and editions of, 260.

Sforza, Duchess;

her connection with mask of Dante, 136.

Shadwell, C. L.;

critical text and translation of Quaestio de Aqua et Terra, 258.

Shelley, P. B. (1792-1822): interest in publication of Taaffe’s Comment on D. C., 229.

Siena;

flagstaffs preserved in Cathedral of, 24n.;

anecdotes of Dante at, 122, 154: anonymous commentary on, Inferno by native of, 222.

Signoria, Palazzo della, at Florence;

now known as Palazzo Vecchio, 12;

built askew by Arnolfo di Lapo, 12;

Martinella bell hung in, 18n.

Smith, J. R.;

translation of Boccaccio’s Vita di Dante, 275;

of Bruni’s Vita di Dante, 277.

Società Dantesca Italiana;

Bullettino, 37n., 38n., 53n., 72n., 84n., 85n., 90n., 92n., 99n., 222n., 223n., 277n.;

critical edition of V. N., 167n., 173;

of De Vulg. Eloq., 246.

Solerti, A.;

Vite di Dante, Petrarca e Boccaccio, scritte fino al secolo decimosesto, 276n., 277n., 278n., 279n., 280.

Sonetti e Canzoni di diversi Autori Toscani, 160.

Sorcery. See Witchcraft.

Spanish;

translations of D. C., in, 217.

Spectator;

Kirkup’s account of “restoration ” of Giotto portrait of Dante, 133n.

Spencer, Earl (George John, 1758-1834);

Pickering’s edition of D. C., dedicated to, 215.

Spenserian stanzas;

translation of D. C., in, 219.

Spira, Vendelin da. See Vendelin.

Stefani, Melchiorre (d. 1403);

notice of Dante, 276.

Strada, Zanobi da (1312-1361);

proposed monument to, in Duomo at Florence, 112.

Strocchi, Dionigi;

mention of hiding of Dante’s remains, 114.

Swedish;

translation of D. C., in, 217.

Syrian calendar;

utilised by Dante in V. N., 47n., 48n., 67, 165, 170.

Taaffe, John (fl. 1820);

author of first English commentary on D. C., 229;

interest of Byron and Shelley in publication of, 229.

Tacca, Pietro (d. 1640);

mask of Dante given to, by Gian Bologna, 136.

Tamburini, G.;

Italian translation of Benvenuto da Imola’s commentary on D. C., 272;

Norton’s review of, 272n.

Tana (Gaetana) Alighieri. See Alighieri.

Tarver, J. C. (1790-1851);

prints French translation of Inferno, with Italian text, at Windsor, 215.

Tegghiaio Aldobrandi. See Aldobrandi.

Terza rima;

English translations from D. C., in, 215, 218, 219, 220.

Thomas, J. W.;

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

Thompson, S. P.;. translation of Quaestio de Aqua et Terra, 258n.

Tilly, Johann Tserclaes, Count of (1559-1632);

removes MS. of Dante’s letters and De Monarchia from Heidelberg, 247.

Tiraboschi, G. (1731-1794);

Storia della Letteratura Italiana, 276n., 277n., 279n.

Tityrus;

name under which Dante figures in poetical correspondence with G. del Virgilio, 254-6.

Tommaseo, N.;

commentary on D. C., 228;

editions of, 228n.

Torraca, F.;

commentary on D. C., 229.

Torri, A.;

chapter divisions in edition of V. N., 167n.;

editor of Ottimo Comento, 223, 272;

edition of De Monarchia, 231n. 238n.;

chapter divisions in, 231n.;

edition of Dante’s letters, 251n.

Torrigiani, Marchese;

his mask of Dante, 137.

Toynbee, Paget;

Dante Dictionary, 42n., 159n., 231n.;

Dante Studies and Researches, 48n., 223n., 235n.;

Dante in English Literature, 125n., 143n., 155n., 156n., 157n., 214n., 218n., 224n., 229n., 233n., 279n.;

Inquisition and Editio Princeps of V. N., 173n.;

Indice dei Nomi Propri e delle cose Notabili contenute nelle opere di Dante, 217n., 230;

Il Testo Wittiano della D. C., 217n.;

Earliest editions of D. C. printed in England, 217 n.;

English Translations of Dante in Cent, XVIII, 219n.;

Chronological List of English Translations from Dante, 221n., 229n., 230n.;

English Translations of Dante’s Works, 221n.;

Boccaccio’s Commentary on D. C., 223n.;

Benvenuto da Imola and his Commentary on D. C., 223n.;

John Foxe and the Editio Princeps of Dante’s De Mon., 239n.;

Biographical Notice of Dante in 1494 edition of Speculum Historiale, 278n.

Tozer, H. F.;

English Commentary on D. C., 230.

Trissino, Giangiorgio (1478-1550);

translation of De Vulg. Eloq., 245-6.

Tritheim, Johann (1462-1516);

notice of Dante, 279.

Trivium;

Dante’s instruction in arts of, 66n.

Trivulzian MS. of De Vulg. Eloq., 246.

Turin;

edition of Stefano Talice da Ricaldone’s so-called commentary on D. C., published at, 225, 273;

edition of Venturi’s commentary, 227n.

Uberti family of Florence;

leaders of Ghibellines, 12, 15, 31.

Uberti, Beatrice degli;

daughter of Farinata, married to Guido Cavalcanti, 34n.

Uberti, Farinata degli (c. 1200-c. 1264);

advice to Florentine Ghibellines, 16-19;

pretended negotiations with Guelfs, 20, 22;

at battle of Montaperti, 23;

at Council of Empoli saves Florence from destruction, 27;

his daughter married to Guido Cavalcanti, 34;

his death, 34n.;

Dante’s meeting with, in Hell, 37.

Uffizi Gallery at Florence;

mask of Dante in, 137n.

Ugolino della Gherardesca. See Gherardesca.

Ugolino episode from D. C.;

English translations of, 218, 220.

Uguccione della Faggiuola. See Faggiuola.

Vasari, Giorgio (1511-1574);

life of Niccola Pisano, 11n.;

life of Arnolfo di Lapo, 12n.;

life of Giotto, 131;

mentions Giotto’s portrait of Dante, 131, 267;

life of Andrea del Verrocchio, 135;

on taking casts from human face, 135;

life of Taddeo Gaddi, 141;

mentions Gaddi’s portrait of Dante, 141;

destroys fresco by order of Cosimo I, 141.

Vatican;

MS. of G. da Serravalle’s commentary on D. C. in, 224n., 227n.;

MS. of letters of Dante, 251n.;

MS. of De Monarchia, 247.

Vellutello, Alessandro (c. 1519-c. 1590);

commentary on D. C., 226, 273-4, 279;

notice of Dante, 279.

Vendelin da Spira;

first printed Jacopo della Lana’s commentary on D. C., 222;

and Boccaccio’s Vita di Dante, 275.

Vendetta;

recognised institution in Florence, 41-2;

approved by Dante, 41.

Venice;

Dante’s embassy to, 103, 155;

edition of Dante’s works published by Zatta at, 107n.;

Dante and the Doge of, 155-6;

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

editions of Convivio, 191;

editions of D. C., 196n., 226n., 271, 274;

editions of Landino’s commentary on D. C., 226n.;

Vellutello’s commentary, 226n.;

Daniello’s commentary, 226;

Cent. XVII edition of D. C., 226n.;

Venturi’s commentary, 227n.;

Costa’s commentary, 228 w.;

MS. of Dante’s letter to Henry VII at, 249;

editio princeps of Quaestio de Aqua et Terra, 257.

Venturi, Pompeo (1693-1752);

commentary on D. C., 227;

editions of, 227n.

Venus;

mistake as to, in almanack used by Dante, 197n.

Vernon, Lord (1803-1866);

commentaries of Pietro and Jacopo di Dante on D. C. published by, 70n., 222, 223, 271, 272;

owner of Kirkup’s facsimile of Giotto’s portrait of Dante, 134;

Italian translation of Bambaglioli’s commentary on Inferno published by, 221, 271;

commentary on D. C. attributed to Boccaccio published by, 223, 272-3.

Vernon, W. W.;

Benvenuto da Imola’s commentary on D. C. published by, 223, 272;

Readings on Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso, 229-30.

Verona;

Dante at, 91, 99, 101;

dissertation De Aqua et Terra delivered at, 101, 257;

edition of Venturi’s commentary on D. C. published at, 227n.;

Dante’s letter to Florentine friend first printed at, 250.

Vicenza;

Cent. XVII edition of D. C. printed at, 226n.;

Trissino’s translation of De Vulg. Eloq., 245.

Villani, Filippo (d. 1404);

statement as to Dante’s intimacy with his uncle Giovanni, 37n., 126;

Latin commentary on canto i of Inferno, 37n.;

mention of Giotto’s portrait of Dante, 130, 267;

lectures on D. C. at Florence, 250;

notice of Dante, 276.

Villani, Giovanni (d. 1348);

his Chronicle quoted, 96n., 98n., 130n., 159, 174, 195, 232, 239-40, 249-50;

his intimacy with Dante, 37n., 126;

does not mention Alighieri among Guelf families of Florence, 39-40;

estimate of yearly baptisms in Florence, 43n.;

testimony to Dante’s guiltlessness of corruption, 85;

notice of Dante’s death, 107;

account of Dante, 126-7, 275;

mention of Dante’s lyrical poems, 159;

of Convivio, 174;

account of D. C., 195;

mention of De Monarchia, 232;

account of De Vulg. Eloq., 239-40;

mention of Dante’s letters, 249-50.

Vincent of Beauvais. See Beauvais.

Virgil;

quoted in V. N., 66.

Virgilio, Giovanni del;

professor at Bologna, 100;

invites Dante to receive laurel crown at Bologna, 100;

poetical correspondence with Dante, 100, 252-6;

epitaph on Dante, 103n., 105;

statement as to date of Dante’s death, 103n.;

figures as Mopsus in poetical correspondence with Dante, 254-6.

Visconti, Galeazzo (d. 1328);

process against, for attempt on life of Pope John XXII, 101-3 (see below);

reference to his marriage in D. C., 101n.

Visconti, Matteo (d. 1322);

process against him and his son Galeazzo for attempt on life of Pope John XXII, 101-3;

his dealings with the sorcerer Canolati, 101-2;

speaks of employing Dante as a sorcerer at Piacenza, 102.

Visions;

part played by, in V. N., 164-6.

Vita Nuova;

contains story of Dante’s love for Beatrice, 43, 46, 48;

reference to D. C., in, 48, 193;

date of, 66, 160;

composed after Provencal model, 66, 166;

authors quoted in, 66-7;

account of, 160-73;

editio princeps of, 233n.;

positive dates in, 160-1;

Boccaccio’s account of, 161-2;

Norton on, 162-4;

meaning of name, 163-4;

dedicated to Guido Cavalcanti, 164;

distinctive features of, 164-6;

main divisions of, 166;

chapter divisions, 167n.;

analysis of, 167-72;

printed editions, 172-3;

Barbi’s critical edition, 173;

MSS. of, 173;

English translations, 173n.;

wherein it differs from Convivio, 175, 176;

probably the book which Dante holds in the Giotto portrait, 268;

the work quoted, 38n., 47n., 197n.

Voghera;

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

Volapük;

selections from D. C. translated into, 217.

Volpi, Antonio (1686-1766);

indices to D. C., 227.

Vulgari Eloquentia, De;

reference to Dante’s exile in, 89, 241;

account of, 239-46;

Villani’s account of, 239-40;

Boccaccio’s account, 240;

chapter divisions in, 240;

date of, 240-1;

supposed reference to, in Convivio, 241;

analysis of, 241-5;

early Italian translations, 245;

editio princeps, 245, 276, 280;

English translation, 245n.;

Rajna’s critical text, 245n., 246;

MSS. of, 246;

the work quoted, 240n., 241n.

Wallis, Whitworth;

owner of bronze bust of Dante, x.

Weinsberg, battle of (1140);

war-cries at, 2.

Welf and Weiblingen;

origin of Italian Guelfo and Ghibellino_, 1-2;

used as war-cries at battle of Weinsberg, 2.

Wells;

copy of G. da Serravalle’s commentary on D. C., seen at, by Leland, 224n.

Welsh;

translation of D. C., in, 217.

White, A. C.;

translation of Quaestio de Aqua et Terra, 258n.

Whites. See Blacks.

Whittinghams;

printers of first single volume English edition of D. C., 216.

Wicksteed, P. H., and E. Gardner;

Dante and Giovanni del Virgilio, 92n., 252n., 253n.;

critical edition of Dante’s Eclogues, 253.

Wicksteed, P. H., R. Selfe and;

Selections from Villani, viii.

Wicksteed, P. H.;

translation of Early Lives of Dante, viii;

of Canzoniere of Dante, 159n., 160n.;

of Convivio, 160n., 192n.;

of Boccaccio’s Vita di Dante, 212n., 275;

of De Monarchia, 239n.;

of Dante’s letters, 251n.;

of Dante’s Eclogues, 253n.;

of Quaestio de Aqua et Terra, 258n.;

of Villani’s notice of Dante, 275;

of Bruni’s Vita di Dante, 277.

Wilde, R. H. (1789-1847);

helps to discover Bargello portrait of Dante, 132.

Williams, Lord Keeper (1582-1650);

quotes anecdote of Dante from Boccaccio to Duke of Buckingham, 125n.

Windsor;

French translation of Inferno, with Italian text, printed at, 215.

Witchcraft;

Dante reputed an adept in, 101-2;

reference to in D. C., 101n.;

remarks of Anonimo Fiorentino on, 101n.

Witte, Karl (1800-1883);

chapter divisions in his edition of V. N., 167n.;

restores correct title of Dante’s Convivio, 173n.;

Dante-Forschungen, 173n.;

critical text of D. C., 217n.;

edition of De Monarchia, 231n., 234n., 239n.;

chapter divisions in, 231n.;

theory as to date of treatise, 234n.;

letters of Dante discovered through his exertions, 246n.;

edition of Dante’s letters, 246n., 248, 249;

prints letters of Dante to Moroello Malaspina in Dante Alighier’s Lyrische Gedichte, 247n.;

upholds attribution to Dante of three letters to Margaret of Brabant, 251;

note on Paur’s article on portraits of Dante, 270n.

Wright, Edward (fl. 1720);

translated inscription on Domenico di Michelino’s picture of Dante, 143n.;

anecdote of Dante in Observations on France and Italy, 156n.

Wright, Ichabod Charles (1795-1871);

translation of D. C., 219;

notes on D. C., 229.

Zacheroni, G.;

editor of Guiniforto delli Bargigi’s commentary on Inferno, 225, 273.

Zanobi da Strada. See Strada.

Zatta, A.;

edition of Dante’s works published at Venice, 107n., 281.

Zenatti, O.;

prints critical text of Dante’s letter to Moroello Malaspina, 247n.

Zilioli, A.;

notice of Dante, 280.

Zingarelli, N.;

Dante, 85n., 91n., 107n., 108n., 175n., 192n., 250n., 281;

Vita di Dante in Compendio, 281.

Zotti, R.;

English editions of D. C., edited by, 215.

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