Authors: Dante
Parmenides,
XIII.125
Parnassus,
I.16
Paul (St.),
XVIII.131
;
XXI.127
;
XXIV.62
;
XXVIII.138
Pegasean,
XVIII.82
Pelorus,
VIII.68
Peneus,
I.33
Pera, della,
XVI.126
Persians,
XIX.112
Peter (St.),
IX.141
;
XI.120
;
XVIII.131
;
XXI.127
;
XXII.88
;
XXIII.139
;
XXIV.34
;
XXV.12
;
XXVII.11
;
XXXII.133
(see also
Cephas
)
Peter Damian,
XXI.43
Peter Lombard,
X.107
Phaedra,
XVII.47
Phaeton,
XXXI.125
Pharsalia,
VI.65
Philip IV,
XIX.118
Phoenicia,
XXVII.83
Phyllis,
IX.100
Piave,
IX.27
Pietro Bernardone,
XI.89
Pietro Ispano,
XII.134
Pietro Mangiadore,
XII.134
Pigli,
XVI.103
Pius,
XXVII.44
Plato,
IV.24
Polyhymnia,
XXIII.56
Pompey,
VI.53
Porta Sole,
XI.47
Portugal,
XIX.139
Prague, kingdom of,
XIX.117
Pressa, della,
XVI.100
Provençals,
VI.130
Provence,
VIII.58
Ptolemy,
VI.69
Pyrenees,
XIX.144
Pyrrhus,
VI.44
Quinctius,
VI.46
(see also
Cincinnatus
)
Quirinus (Romulus),
VIII.131
Rabanus,
XII.139
Rachel,
XXXII.8
Rahab,
IX.116
Raphael (archangel),
IV.48
Rascia,
XIX.140
Ravignani,
XVI.97
Raymond Berenger,
VI.134
Rebecca,
XXXII.10
Red Sea,
VI.79
Renouard,
XVIII.46
Rhine,
VI.58
Rhodopean (see
Phyllis
)
Rialto,
IX.26
Richard of St. Victor,
X.131
Ripheus,
XX.68
Rizzardo da Camino,
IX.50
Robert (duke of Calabria),
VIII.76
Robert Guiscard,
XVIII.48
Roland,
XVIII.43
Romeo,
VI.128
Romuald,
XXII.49
Romulus (see
Quirinus
)
Rubicon,
VI.62
Rudolph,
VIII.72
Ruth,
XXXII.10
Sabellius,
XIII.127
Sabines,
VI.40
Sacchetti,
XVI.104
Samuel,
IV.29
San Giovanni,
XV.124
Sannella, della,
XVI.92
Sarah,
XXXII.10
Sardanapalus,
XV.107
Semele,
XXI.6
Senigallia,
XVI.75
Sibyl,
XXXIII.66
Sicily,
XX.62
Siger,
X.136
Signa,
XVI.56
Sile,
IX.49
Silvester,
XI.83
Simifonti,
XVI.62
Simois,
VI.67
Simon Magus,
XXX.147
Sirens,
XII.8
Sixtus,
XXVII.44
Sizii,
XVI.108
Soldanieri,
XVI.93
Solon,
VIII.124
Sorgue,
VIII.59
Spaniards,
XXIX.101
Stephen Urosh II,
XIX.140
Street of Straw,
X.137
Sultan, the,
XI.101
Swabia,
III.119
Sychaeus,
IX.98
Tagliamento,
IX.44
Thaddeus,
XII.83
Thomas,
XVI.129
Thomas Aquinas,
X.99
;
XI.19
;
XII.2
;
XIII.32
;
XIV.6
Tiber,
XI.106
Tiberius,
VI.86
Timaeus,
IV.49
Titus,
VI.92
Tobit,
IX.48
Torquatus,
VI.46
Trajan,
XX.44
Trespiano,
XVI.54
Trinacria,
VIII.67
(see also
Sicily
)
Trivia,
XXIII.26
(see also
Diana
)
Trojans,
XV.126
Tronto,
VIII.63
Tupino,
XI.43
Typhon,
VIII.70
Ubaldo,
XI.55
Ubertin Donato,
XVI.119
Ubertino da Casale,
XII.126
Uccellatoio,
XV.110
Ughi,
XVI.88
Ulysses,
XXVII.83
Urban,
XXVII.44
Urbisaglia,
XVI.74
Valdigreve,
XVI.66
Var,
VI.58
Vatican,
IX.139
Vecchio, del,
XV.115
Venice,
XIX.141
Venus,
VIII.2
Verde,
VIII.63
Verona,
XVII.70
Veronica,
XXXI.104
Vicenza,
IX.47
Wenceslaus,
XIX.125
William II,
XX.62
William of Orange,
XVIII.46
Xerxes,
VIII.124
Zephyr,
XII.47
This index is meant to help the reader find subjects, treated in the notes, that may not be readily remembered as being related to a particular passage.
accommodative metaphor,
IV.43–48
,
46–48
,
49–54
;
XXX.76–81
Actaeon, comic resolution of his tragic tale,
XXIII.25–27
Adamic speech,
XV.39
,
121–123
;
XXVI.114
,
133
,
134
Adam’s transgression,
VII.25–33
;
XXVI.115–117
Aegidius Colonna,
XV.107–108
Alain de Lille,
II.7–9
;
XI.1
;
XIII.127
;
XV.74
,
85
;
XXX.61–69
;
XXXIII.1
alba
(song of dawn),
XXIII.9
Albertus Magnus,
III.94–105
;
IV.55–57
;
X.97–99
,
133–138
;
XXIII.40–45
;
XXIX.70–81
,
100
;
XXX.1
Alfraganus,
IX.118–119
;
XIII.1–18
;
XXVII.79–81
;
XXVIII.13–15
;
XXX.1–3
aliger
(winged) and Alighieri,
XV.81
Ambrose, St.,
X.118–120
;
XXIII.43
amor
(love), dense presences of word,
XV.12
anaphora,
V.122–123
;
XVI.16–18
;
XX.37–72
Annunciation, the,
IX.137–142
;
XIV.36
;
XVI.34–36
;
XXIII.91–102
;
XXXII.88–93
angels:
as associated with a particular heaven,
Intro.
(2);
II.115–117
as directly created by God,
VII.67
,
124–138
;
XXIX.13–18
as having free will or not,
V.23–24
as not having memory,
X.133–138
;
XXIX.79–80
,
82–84
Gabriel,
IV.46–48
;
IX.137–142
;
XIV.34–36
;
XVI.34–36
;
XXI.58–60
;
XXIII.91–102
;
XXXII.88–93
,
109–114
lack of interest in human concerns,
I.100–102
languages used by,
XXVII.1–3
location of (in Empyrean),
III.51
;
IV.28
,
29
;
VIII.26–27
Michael,
IV.46–48
not even Seraphim know God’s reasons,
XXI.91–102
numberless,
XIII.97
orders of (and Dante’s earlier error),
VIII.34–39
Principalities, do they descend?
VIII.34
role in governing the universe,
II.127–129
,
139–141
,
142–144
;
VIII.97–111
role in indirect creation,
XIII.43–48
,
61–66
Seraphim, as highest order, associated with loving,
IX.77–78
singing in Latin and in Italian,
XXIV.113–114
;
XXVII.1–3
substantiality of,
XIII.59
Thrones, as representing divine justice,
IX.61–63
;
XIX.28–30
Anselm of Canterbury, St.,
VII.52–120
;
XXXI.7–12
Apollinaris, St.,
XV.22–24
Apollo:
as God the Father,
I.22–24
;
XXXIII.65–66
as Holy Spirit,
I.19
as pagan divinity,
XIII.25–27
;
XVII.1–6
;
XXI.58–60
;
XXII.37–45
as triune,
II.7–9
Apostles,
VII.6
;
X.97–99
;
XII.37–39
;
XIV.67–78
;
XV.32–33
,
39
;
XXIII.73–75
,
130–135
;
XXIV.13–18
,
19–21
,
137–138
;
XXV.13–15
;
XXVI.3
;
XXVII.86
;
XXIX.112–114
Aquinas, Thomas,
I.1
,
73
,
78
;
II.37–45
;
IV.1–3
,
24
,
43–48
,
55–63
;
V.66–68
;
VII.52–120
;
VIII.139–142
;
X.82–99
,
97–99
,
99
,
121–129
,
133–138
;
XI.73
,
111
;
XII.74–75
;
XIII.59
,
128–129
;
XIV.34–36
;
XVIII.1–3
,
16–18
,
109–111
;
XIX.2
,
25–33
;
XX.91–93
,
106–117
,
130–148
;
XXI.34–42
,
77
,
111
;
XXII.124–129
;
XXIII.95
;
XXIV.64–66
;
XXV.118–121
;
XXVI.6
;
XXVIII.41–42
,
112–114
,
127–129
;
XXIX.22–24
,
31–36
,
31–32
,
37–45
,
61–63
,
65–66
,
70–81
,
82–84
,
97–102
,
100
,
133–135
;
XXXI.12
,
71
;
XXXII.34–36
,
76–84
;
XXXIII.118–120
,
139–141
Arcas,
XXXI.32–33
archimandrita
(as differentiated from
patriarca
),
XI.99
,
118–123
Arena di Verona
, as model for Rose?
XXX.117
,
124–129
Ariadne’s crown,
XIII.13–15
Aristotle:
as opposed to Plato,
IV.34–39
,
55–63
;
X.133–138
;
XXVIII.41–42
as opposing Parmenides, Melissus, and Bryson,
XIII.125
Dante’s sense of his philosophy,
X.133–138
on aether, as fifth “element,”
XXII.132
on contradictions,
VI.19–21
on instantaneity,
XXIX.7–8
on nature’s providing,
VIII.112–114
on tetragon,
XVII.24
on winds becoming visible,
VIII.23
“physiology of mind,”
XIX.9
(references to specific works:)
De animalibus
,
I.46–48
De caelo
,
I.91–93
;
II.31–36
;
IV.1–3
;
XXVIII.41–42
De causis
,
XXVI.37–39
Ethics
,
II.112–114
;
IV.40
;
XII.82–85
;
XVII.118
;
XIX.121
;
XXVI.37–39
Metaphysics
,
I.1
;
XXVI.37–39
;
XXVIII.41–42
,
43–45
Physics
,
XIII.100
;
XXVII.115–120
,
136–138
;
XXIX.133–135
Politics
,
VIII.115–117
,
118–120
Rhetoric
,
I.1–36
Arnaut Daniel,
XXVI.132
artista
(artist),
XIII.77
;
XVIII.51
ascents to the various spheres,
XXI.1–4
astrology,
Intro
(2);
IV.58–60
;
XXI.25–27
Augustine, St.:
and hope,
XXV.73–78
and music of the spheres,
I.78
and not Augustino, follower of Francis,
XII.130
attributing memory to angels,
XXIX.82–84
Dante’s view of,
XXXII.34–36
denying Solomon’s authorship of the biblical book Wisdom,
XVIII.91–93
denying Solomon’s salvation,
X.109–114
;
XIII.140–142
;
XIV.34–36
;
XX.69
denying state’s capacity to dispense true justice,
XVIII.115–117
;
XIX.1–6
his life as exemplary,
X.37–39
his Rule taken by Dominic,
XXXII.35
on good nature of fallen angels and the “delay” before they fell,
XXIX.50
on Paul’s
raptus
,
XXXIII.139–141
reburial at Pavia,
X.128
view on length of time before time began,
XXIX.19–21
views on length of time the world will endure,
XXVI.121–123
views on limits of the influence of the stars,
IV.58–60
views on predestination,
VIII.106–108
;
XX.130–148
views on unformed matter,
IV.64–65
(references to specific works:)
Confessiones
,
Intro.
(2);
I.91–93
;
III.85
;
VII.12
;
XXIV.106–110
;
XXVII.79–87
;
XXXI.17–18
De civitate Dei
,
IV.43–48
;
X.118–120
;
XXI.111
;
XXVI.93
;
XXXIII.65–66
De doctrina christiana
,
XIX.2
;
XX.127–129
Enarrationes in Psalmos
,
V.6
;
IX.40
Augustus Caesar,
XXX.136
Aurora,
XXX.7–8
Ave Maria
,
XXXIII.34–39
Averroism,
II.59–60
,
61–63
;
X.133–138
,
133–135
;
XII.140–141
;
XXIX.22–24
,
31–36
,
82–84
Avicenna,
XXVIII.41–42
“Avignonian captivity” of the Church,
IX.137–142
;
XII.55
;
XVIII.130
,
XXVII.136–138
babytalk,
XV.121–123
;
XXXIII.106–108
baptism, imagery of,
XXX.70–75
Beatrice:
addressed as
tu
finally, not as
voi
,
XXXI.79–90
as “allegorical” or not,
XXVIII.3
as Ananias,
XXV.9–12
as “author” of the poem,
V.16–17
as “commentator” on the poem,
VII.19–24
as Daedalus,
XXV.49–51
as Dante’s “mother,”
XXII.4–6
as Dante’s “savior,”
XXIII.34
as figurally related to Christ,
XXXI.77
,
79–81
as gust of wind,
XXVI.85–90
as having descended from Heaven twice,
XXX.19–21
as masculine,
XXX.37
as mind-reader,
I.85–87
as “nine,”
XXXII.9
as sexual being,
XXVIII.10–12
as speaker of opening lines of cantos,
XXIV.1–9
described in terms that recall Dante’s description of St. Augustine,
X.37–39
extended silence of,
XIV.10–18
;
XVII.7–12
;
XVIII.5–6
her departure a surprise,
XXX.142–148
her name occurring 63 times,
XXVI.118
;
XXXII.9
pale or ruddy with emotion?
XXVII.28–30
,
31–36
physical origin of Dante’s love for,
XXVI.13–15
rejected (in favor of Lady Philosophy) in
Convivio
,
VIII.34–39
;
XXXI.140
Beethoven, Ludwig von,
XII.22–25
Bernard, St.,
1.67–72
,
70–72
;
III.4–9
,
58–63
;
X.131–132
;
XV.139–144
;
XVI.16
;
XXI.115–117
;
XXII.10–12
,
133–150
;
XXIII.50
;
XXVIII.104
;
XXIX.106–114
;
XXXI.7–12
,
109–111
;
XXXIII.14–15
,
131
Bible:
Genesis,
II.133–138
;
V.49–51
;
XII.71–72
;
XIII.100
;
XIV.89
;
XXI.8
,
28–30
;
XXII.70–72
,
77
;
XXVI.121–123
,
124–126
;
XXIX.19–21
,
37–45
;
XXXII.10
,
67–75
Exodus,
XXII.94–96
;
XXVI.40–45
;
XXXI.85
;
XXXII.130–132
Deuteronomy,
XIX.1
Joshua,
IX.118–119
;
XXII.94–96
Ruth,
XXXII.11–12
I Samuel,
IV.29
II Kings,
XX.49–51
III Kings,
XIII.88–96
,
106–108
Job,
V.116–117
;
XXV.52–57
;
XXIX.133–135
Psalms,
I.97
;
II.10–12
;
VI.7
;
XIX.58–60
;
XXII.88–96
,
94–96
;
XXIII.133–135
;
XXV.70–78
,
97–99
,
112–114
;
XXIX.37–45
;
XXX.22–27
,
57
;
XXXI.12
;
XXXII.11–12
,
95
;
XXXIII.139–141
Proverbs,
XIX.40
Wisdom,
II.10–12
;
XVIII.91–93
,
94
,
101
Song of Solomon,
III.100–102
;
XXVII.136–138
Ecclesiasticus,
XXIX.37–45
;
XXXII.97
Isaiah,
IX.77–78
;
XII.58–60
;
XX.49–51
;
XXV.89–96
;
XXVI.67–69