Inferno IIIThe third volume in the series Lectura Dantis Americana is Maria Picchio Simonelli's study of Inferno III. Primarily philological in its focus, the book examines in detail a number of the cruces found in this canto, which initiates the voyage to the underworld in Dante's poem. |
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... inscription at the entrance to Hell . The examples he adduces , all of great interest , confirm the anaphorical style . Very often they have a leonine rhythm , as the inscription over the door of San Giorgio in Palazzo : “ Ianua sum ...
... inscription at the entrance to Hell . The examples he adduces , all of great interest , confirm the anaphorical style . Very often they have a leonine rhythm , as the inscription over the door of San Giorgio in Palazzo : “ Ianua sum ...
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... inscription does not convey any more informa- tion about hell , but serves as a warning to whoever approaches the gate : " Abandon every hope , you who enter " ( " Lasciate ogni speranza , voi ch'intrate " ) . These are the words that ...
... inscription does not convey any more informa- tion about hell , but serves as a warning to whoever approaches the gate : " Abandon every hope , you who enter " ( " Lasciate ogni speranza , voi ch'intrate " ) . These are the words that ...
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... inscription itself also gave rise to contending interpretations . The first scholar to refer to Bonvesino de la Riva was Guido Mazzoni ( 1904 , 45–58 ) . He indicated that in the Libro delle Tre Scritture Bonvesino had imagined that the ...
... inscription itself also gave rise to contending interpretations . The first scholar to refer to Bonvesino de la Riva was Guido Mazzoni ( 1904 , 45–58 ) . He indicated that in the Libro delle Tre Scritture Bonvesino had imagined that the ...
Contents
The Inscription ΙΟ | 2 |
Spiritual Readiness to Enter Hell | 18 |
The Great Coward | 39 |
Copyright | |
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accepted Acheron Aeneid allegorical angels anima Anonimo Fiorentino ante-Inferno autem Bargigi Benvenuto 1887 Boccaccio Boccaccio 1918 Boniface canto Castelvetro Celestine's century ch'io Charon Church cielo citation cites colui Commedia commentary Convivio cose cowardice damned souls Dante Alighieri Dante the pilgrim Dante's death defend Diocletian Divina Commedia divine duro early commentators edition Epistola eternal evil explain fact fece fece per viltade fiume Francesco da Buti Gelli gloss gran rifiuto Graziolo Guido da Pisa Hell Iacopo della Lana Ibid ignavi Inferno inscription interpretation l'Autore Landino Lombardi lor semenza Mazzoni mondo occhi orror Ottimo Padoan Paradiso Paratore passage persona Petrocchi Pietro Alighieri 1978 Pilate Pope Celestine punishment Purgatory pusillanimous souls quale quia quod Rambaldi reader reading error reference renunciation Robert Hollander sanza Sapegno scholars seems seme di lor sinners speak spirits stemma Summa theologica tercet tion vede verses viltà viltade il gran Virgil Virgilian words