Authors: Paget Toynbee
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earliest biographical notices of,
275-81
.
Alighieri, Francesco;
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half-brother of Dante,
38
;
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mentioned by Forese Donati,
39
n
.;
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one of the guarantors in act of reconciliation between Alighieri and Sacchetti,
42
;
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his and Dante's debts and loans,
86-7
;
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helps to discharge Dante's debts,
87
.
Alighieri, Francesco;
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last male descendant (great-great-great-great-grand son) of Dante,
70
n
.
Alighieri, Gaetana (Tana);
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half-sister of Dante,
38
;
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mentioned by Forese Donati,
39
n
.
Alighieri, Jacopo (d. bef. 1349);
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Dante's son,
42-70
;
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his writings,
70
;
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his career,
70
;
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commentary on
Inferno
,
70
n
.,
221-2
,
271
;
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with Dante at Ravenna,
71
,
99
;
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helps to discharge Dante's debts,
87
;
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contemplates completing the
Paradiso
,
207
;
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his dream as to whereabouts of missing cantos of poem,
207-8
;
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his commentary perhaps written during Dante's lifetime,
222
n
.
Alighieri, Leonardo;
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great-grandson of Dante,
70
n
.;
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Bruni acquainted with,
70
n
.
Alighieri, Pietro (d. 1364);
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Dante's eldest son,
41
,
42
,
70
;
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his commentary on
D. C.
,
41
n
.,
70
,
223
,
272
;
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two different versions of,
41
n
.,
223
;
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statement as to marriage of Alighiero, Dante's great-grandfather,
41
;
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his identification of Beatrice,
43
;
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his career,
70
;
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his son and grandson and their descendants,
70
n
.;
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visit of his grandson Leonardo to Florence,
70
n
.;
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with Dante at Ravenna,
71
,
99
;
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helps to discharge Dante's debts,
87
;
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contemplates completing the
Paradiso
,
207
.
Alighieri, Tana.
See
Alighieri, Gaetana.
Almanack used by Dante,
197
n
.
Alphesiboeus;
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name under which Fiduccio de' Milotti figures in poetical correspondence between Dante and G. del Virgilio,
100
n
.,
255-6
.
American Dante Society.
See
Cambridge (U.S.A.).
Americans;
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translations of
D. C.
by,
221
n
.
Andalò, Loderingo degli;
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Ghibelline, appointed joint Podestà of Florence with Catalano de' Malavolti, in 1266,
30
n
.
Andrea Poggi.
See
Poggi.
Anonimo Fiorentino;
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commentary on
D. C.
,
101
n
.,
146-7
,
224
,
273
;
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remarks on witchcraft,
101
n
.;
   Â
anecdote of Dante and Belacqua,
146-7
;
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borrows freely from Boccaccio's
Comento
,
224
n
.
Antonia Alighieri.
See
Alighieri.
Antonino, Sant' (1389-1459);
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notice of Dante,
277
.
Arabian calendar;
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utilized by Dante in
V. N.
,
47
n
.,
48
n
.,
67
,
165
,
170
.
Arbia, battle of the.
See
Montaperti.
Aretines;
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defeated by Florentines at Campaldino,
53-60
.
Arezzo;
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headquarters of the exiled Whites,
90
.
Aristotle;
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Dante's knowledge of
Ethics
,
64
n
.,
66
;
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of
Metaphysics
,
66
;
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quoted in
V. N
.,
66
.
Armenian;
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selections from
D. C.
translated into,
217
.
Arnolfo di Lapo (c. 1232-1310);
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forced to build the Palazzo della Signoria at Florence askew,
12
.
Arts, guilds of, at Florence,
30
.
Arundel Society;
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reproduction of Kirkup's drawing of Giotto's portrait of Dante,
134
.
Ascoli, Cecco d'.
See
Cecco.
Ashendene Press;
   Â
editions of
D. C.
, and whole works of Dante, printed at,
217
.
Atheist, Dante and,
155
.
Aucassin et Nicolete
;
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form of, compared with
V. N
.,
166
.
Augusta, Princess (1768-1840);
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Tarver's French translation of
Inferno
dedicated to,
215
.
Ave Maria
;
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alleged paraphrases of, by Dante,
259
,
260
.
Avignon;
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Papal Court at,
101
.
Azzo VIII of Este (Marquis, 1293-1308);
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mentioned in
De Vulg. Eloq
.,
241
.
B
Bacci, O.
See
D'Ancona.
Balbo, Cesare;
   Â
Vita di Dante
,
280
;
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ed. by E. Rocco,
281
;
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English translation by F. J. Bunbury,
281
.
Baldo d' Aguglione.
See
Aguglione.
Bambaglioli, Graziolo de' (d. bef. 1343);
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Latin commentary on
Inferno
,
221
,
222
,
271
;
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Italian translation of,
221
,
271
;
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identified by Dr. Moore,
221
n
.
Bandino, Domenico di (c. 1340-c. 1414);
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notice of Dante,
276
.
Baptistery of Florence.
See
Giovanni, San.
Barbi, M.;
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as to the site of Dante's house,
37
n
.;
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doubts as to alleged documentary reference to Dante,
72
n
.;
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prints documents relating to Dante's loans and debts,
86
n
.,
87
n
.;
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discusses evidence as to Dante at Forlì,
90
n
.,
92
n
.;
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critical edition of
V.N
.,
167
n
.,
173
;
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chapter divisions in,
167
n
.;
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on Jacopo di Dante's commentary,
222
n
.;
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on so-called commentary of Stefano Talice da Ricaldone,
223
n
.,
225
n
.
Bardi;
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great Florentine banking-house,
46
;
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their relations with Edward III,
46
n
.
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);
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commentary on
Inferno
,
225
,
273
.
Barker, William (fl. 1550);
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notice of Domenico di Michelino's picture of Dante in his
Epitaphia et Inscriptiones Lugubres
,
143
n
.
Bartoli, A.;
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Storia della Letteratura Italiana
,
54
n
.,
164
n
.,
280
.
Bartolini, Lorenzo (c. 1777-1850);
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gives Kirkup mask of Dante,
137
.
Baruffaldi, G.;
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first prints Dante's letter to Can Grande,
250
.
Barziza, Guiniforte.
See
Bargigi.
Basle;
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editio princeps of De Monarchia
printed at,
238
.
Basque;
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selections from
D. C.
translated into,
217
.
Bassano;
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editions of Venturi's commentary on
D. C.
published at,
227
n
.
Batines, Colomb de;
   Â
Bibliografia Dantesca
,
213
n
.,
222
n
.,
223
n
.,
226
n
.
Battifolle, Countess of;
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her letters to wife of Henry VII supposed by Witte to have been composed by Dante,
251
;
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their authenticity upheld by Novati,
251
n
.
Beatrice Alighieri.
See
Alighieri.
Beatrice degli Uberti.
See
Uberti.
Beatrice Portinari.
See
Portinari.
Beauvais, Vincent of (d. c. 1264);
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anonymous notice of Dante in 1494 Venice edition of
Speculum Historiale
,
278
;
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Grauert on,
278
n
.
Belacqua, Dante and,
146-7
.
Bella;
   Â
Dante's mother,
38
;
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presumed to belong to the Abati family,
37
n
.,
38
;
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first wife of Alighiero,
38
;
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mention of, in document,
38
n
.
Bellincion Berti;
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his daughter the wife of Alighiero, Dante's great-grandfather,
41
.
Bellincione degli Alighieri.
See
Alighieri.
Bello;
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ancestor of Dante,
41
;
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his son Geri,
41-2
.
Bello, Geri del.
See
Geri.
Bembo, Bernardo (1433-1519);
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restores Dante's tomb at Ravenna,
106-7
,
114
;
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entrusts the work to Pietro Lombardi,
106-7
;
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his inscription transcribed by Fynes Moryson,
107
n
.;
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ambassador at Venice,
112
.
Bembo, Pietro (1470-1547);
   Â
son of Bernardo Bembo,
106
;
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secretary to Leo X,
113
;
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letter as to removal of Dante's remains to Florence,
113
.
Benedict XI (Pope, 1303-1304);
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succeeds Boniface VIII,
90
;
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sends Cardinal Niccolò da Prato to pacify Florentines,
90
,
246
.
Benevento, battle of (1266);
   Â
Manfred defeated by Charles of Anjou,
59
n
.
Benvenuto Rambaldi da Imola.
See
Rambaldi.
Bergamo, Filippo da.
See
Foresti.
Bernardo Canaccio.
See
Canaccio.
Bertoldi, Giovanni de'.
See
Serravalle.
Betussi, G.;
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translation of Boccaccio's
De Genealogia Deorum
,
275
.