Concise Dictionary of Proper Names and Notable Matters in the Works of DanteClarendon Press, 1914 - 568 pages |
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Concise Dictionary of Proper Names and Notable Matters in the Works of Dante Paget Jackson Toynbee Affichage du livre entier - 1914 |
Concise Dictionary of Proper Names and Notable Matters in the Works of Dante Paget Jackson Toynbee Affichage du livre entier - 1914 |
Expressions et termes fréquents
Aeneas alluded allusion ancient Anjou Ante-purgatory Aragon Arrigo Beatrice Bianchi Bolgia Bologna Boniface born brother Cacciaguida Caesar Canz Carlo Cavalcanti Charles Charles Martel Charles of Anjou Charles of Valois Christ Cielo Circle VIII connexion Conv Dante daughter death defeated dialect died Donati Eagle Epist father Florence Florentine Forese Forese Donati Forlì Frederick Ghibellines Guelfs Guido del Duca Guido Guinizelli Heaven of Mars Heaven of Mercury Heaven of Venus Hell Malebolge Hugh Capet Italian Italy Jacopo Jupiter King Latin latter Limbo Lombard Luke Malebolge married mentioned Metam Naples Neri Phars Philip Pietro Pisa Pistoja placed Podestà poet Pope Purg Purgatory quoted Ravenna referred Romagna Roman Rome Sicily Siena spirits Statius tioned Tuscany Ugolino VIII of Hell Virgil wife xvii xxii xxiv xxix xxvi xxvii xxxi xxxii
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Page 243 - Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass, in your purses ; nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves ; (for the workman is worthy of his meat...
Page 25 - Moronto fu mio frate ed Eliseo: mia donna venne a me di val di Pado; e quindi il sopranome tuo si feo.
Page 82 - For the benefit of his Latin readers, his genius submitted to teach the first elements of the arts and sciences of Greece. The geometry of Euclid, the music of Pythagoras, the arithmetic of Nicomachus, the mechanics of Archimedes, the astronomy of Ptolemy, the theology of Plato, and the logic of Aristotle, with the commentary of Porphyry, were translated and illustrated by the indefatigable pen of the Roman senator.
Page 172 - B. c. 362 the earth in the forum gave way, and a great chasm appeared, which the soothsayers declared could only be filled up by throwing into it Rome's greatest treasure ; that thereupon M.
Page 59 - Vano pensiero aduni. La sconoscente vita che i fe' sozzi Ad ogni conoscenza or li fa bruni.
Page 111 - Capricorn, constellation and tenth sign of the Zodiac, which the Sun enters at the winter solstice (about Dec. 22) [Zodiaco]. D. speaks of the Sun driving Capricorn from mid-heaven, meaning that C. had passed the meridian, the time indicated being about 6 am, Purg. ii. 56-7 ; the sign is referred to as ' il corno della Capra del ciel' (the season indi- ' cated being mid-winter), Par.
Page 36 - Antaeus, the son of Terra, the Earth, was a mighty giant and wrestler, whose strength was invincible so long as he remained in contact with his mother Earth.
Page 452 - Rudolf I, Emperor from 1272 to 1292 ; he was born in 1218, and was the eldest son of Albert IV, Count of Hapsburg, and the founder of the imperial house of Austria. He first served under Ottocar, King of Bohemia, in his German wars, but in 1272, as he was encamped before the walls of Basle, he received the news that he had been elected Emperor, in preference to Ottocar and to Alphonso of Castile. Ottocar refused to acknowledge him as Emperor, but Rudolf, supported by powerful allies, made war upon...
Page 81 - Galeatus), reckons the canonical books of the OT at twenty-four ; he divides them into three groups — the first of which comprises the five books of Moses, viz. Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy ; the second comprises eight prophetical books, viz.
Page 81 - Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and the. twelve minor Prophets.