Authors: Paget Toynbee
   Â
mentions Giotto's portrait of Dante,
130-1
;
   Â
Vita Dantis
,
131
n
.,
277
.
Manetto Portinari.
See
Portinari.
Manfred, King (c. 1231-1266);
   Â
helps exiled Florentine Ghibellines,
16-17
,
18-19
;
   Â
defeat of his German horsemen,
19
;
   Â
reinforces the Ghibelline exiles at Siena,
19-21
;
   Â
defeated and killed at Benevento,
28-9
,
34
,
35
,
36
.
Mantua;
   Â
edition of
D. C.
, printed at,
214
;
   Â
statue of Dante at,
260
n
.
Mantuans;
   Â
their reverence for Virgil,
110
.
Marini;
   Â
helps in search for Bargello portrait of Dante,
133
;
   Â
retouches the portrait,
133
,
269
.
Martin, Theodore (1816-1909);
   Â
translation of
V. N
.,
173
n
.
Martinella;
   Â
Florentine bell so called,
17
,
18
,
21
,
24
;
   Â
captured with Carroccio by Sienese at battle of Montaperti,
24
.
Marvellian stanzas;
   Â
translation of
Purgatorio
in,
220
n
.
Masson, Jean Papire (1544-1611);
   Â
Vita Dantis
,
280
.
Maurolico, Francesco (fl. c. 1550);
   Â
notice of Dante,
279
.
Maximilian of Bavaria (1573-1651);
   Â
presents MS. of Dante's letters and
De Monarchia
to Pope Gregory XV,
247
.
Mazzini, Giuseppe (1805-1872);
   Â
editor of Foscolo's edition of
D. C.
,
216
,
228
.
Medicean Academy at Florence;
   Â
urge removal of Dante's remains to Florence,
117
n
.
Medici, Cosimo de' (1519-1569);
   Â
destroys Taddeo Gaddi's portrait of Dante in Santa Croce,
141
.
Medici, Francesco I de' (Grand-Duke, 1574-1587);
   Â
removes font broken by Dante from Baptistery of Florence,
43
n
.
Medici, Lorenzo de' (1448-1492);
   Â
attempts to obtain Dante's remains from Ravenna,
112
.
Mehus, L.;
   Â
Vita Ambrosii Traversarii
,
276
;
   Â
edition of Manetti's lives of Dante, Petrarch and Boccaccio,
277
.
Meliboeus;
   Â
name under which Dino Perini figures in poetical correspondence between Dante and G. del Virgilio,
100
n
.,
209
n
.,
254-6
.
See
Perini.
Mezzano, Menghino;
   Â
friend of Dante at Ravenna,
100
n
.,
105
;
   Â
his epitaph on Dante,
100
n
.,
103
n
.,
105
,
107
;
   Â
his friendship with Dante attested by Coluccio Salutati,
100
n
.,
105
n
.;
   Â
statement as to date of Dante's death,
103
n
.;
   Â
close student of
D. C.
, and reputed commentator,
105
n
.
Michel Angelo (1475-1564);
   Â
offers to design and execute tomb for Dante's remains,
113
.
Michelino, Domenico di.
See
Domenico.
Milan;
   Â
Dante present at coronation of Henry VII at,
94
;
   Â
edition of Dante's lyrical poems printed at,
160
;
   Â
edition of
Convivio
,
191
;
   Â
edition of
D. C.
,
214
,
222
,
271
;
   Â
editions of Jacopo della Lana's commentary on
D. C.
,
222
,
271
;
   Â
edition of Stefano Talice da Ricaldone's so-called commentary on
D. C.
,
225
,
273
;
   Â
Biagioli's commentary,
228
n
.;
   Â
Costa's commentary,
228
n
.;
   Â
Tommaseo's commentary,
228
n
.;
   Â
MS. of
De Vulg. Eloq
. at,
246
.
Milanesi, Gaetano;
   Â
Opere di Vasari
,
141
n
.,
143
n
.,
145
n
.;
   Â
report on portraits of Dante,
142
n
.;
   Â
edition of Boccaccio's commentary on
D. C.
,
272
.
Milotti, Fiduccio de'; friend of Dante at Ravenna,
100
n
.;
   Â
the Alphesiboeus of his
Eclogues
,
100
n
.,
255-6
.
Milton, John (1608-1674);
   Â
lines from
D. C.
, translated by,
218
;
   Â
reference to Boccaccio's account of
De Monarchia
,
233
n
.
Minutoli, C.;
   Â
Gentucca e gli altri Lucchesi nominati nella D. C.
,
98
n
.
Missirini, M.;
   Â
Vita di Dante
,
281
.
Modena;
   Â
edition of
Convivio
printed at,
191
.
Modern Language Review
,
173
n
.,
219
n
.,
223
n
.
Modern Quarterly of Language and Literature
,
278
n
.
Monarchia
,
De
;
   Â
condemned to be burned by Cardinal Bertrand du Pouget,
102
,
232-3
;
   Â
account of,
231-9
;
   Â
chapter divisions in,
231
n
.;
   Â
Villani's mention of,
232
;
   Â
Boccaccio's account,
232-3
;
   Â
no reference to Dante's exile in,
234
;
   Â
mention of
Paradiso
in some MSS. of,
234
;
   Â
analysis of,
235-8
;
   Â
Cent. XV Italian translations,
238
;
   Â
English translations,
238
n
.;
   Â
editio princeps
,
238-9
;
   Â
the volume containing it probably seen through press by John Foxe,
239
;
   Â
quoted by Foxe in
Book of Martyrs
,
239
;
   Â
Oporinus' mistake as to author of,
239
;
Moncetti, G. B.;
   Â
first editor of
Quaestio de Aqua et Terra
,
257
.
Montaperti, battle of (1260);
   Â
Florentine Guelfs defeated by Sienese,
37
n
.,
39
,
42
.
Monte Cassino;
   Â
anonymous commentary on
D. C.
by monk of,
223
,
272
.
Monte Catini, battle of (1315);
   Â
Tuscan Guelfs defeated by Uguccione
della Faggiuola,
98
,
253
;
   Â
the event suggested to Dante by G. del Virgilio as subject for Latin poem,
253
.
Montefeltro, Buonconte da (d. 1289);
   Â
Ghibelline leader, killed at battle of Campaldino,
60-1
;
   Â
relates to Dante, in Purgatory, the fate of his body,
61-2
.
Montefeltro, Guido da (1223-1298);
   Â
father of Buonconte,
60
.
Montferrat, John I, Marquis of (1276-1305);
   Â
mention of, in
De Vulg. Eloq
.,
241
.
Montfort, Guy de (c. 1243-1288);
   Â
vicar in Florence after battle of Montaperti,
34-5
.
Monza;
   Â
edition of Costa's commentary on
D. C.
, published at,
228
n
.
Moon, spots on;
   Â
Dante's different theories as to, in
Convivio
and
D. C.
,
175
.
Moore, Dr. E.;
   Â
account of opening of Dante's tomb,
116-17
;
   Â
critical edition of
Convivio
in Oxford Dante,
191
;
   Â
owns MS. of
Convivio
,
192
n
.;
   Â
Studies in Dante
,
197
n
.,
221
n
.,
222
n
.,
258
n
.;
   Â
Time References in D. C.
,
198
n
.;
   Â
Contributions to Textual Criticism of D. C.
,
213
n
.;
   Â
editor of Oxford Dante,
217
n
.;
   Â
and of centenary edition of
D. C.
,
217
n
.;
   Â
identified Italian translation of Graziolo de' Bambaglioli's Latin commentary on
Inferno
,
221
n
.;
   Â
on
Quaestio de Aqua et Terra
,
258
;
   Â
Dante and his Early Biographers
,
276
n
.,
277
n
.,
280
.
Mopsus;
   Â
name under which G. del Virgilio figures in poetical correspondence with Dante,
254-6
.
See
Virgilio.
Mordani, Filippo;
   Â
mention of hiding of Dante's remains,
114
.
Moreni;
   Â
his attempts to discover Giotto's portrait of Dante,
132
.
Morla, C. di Guglielmo di;
   Â
father of Gentucca,
97
n
.
Morla, Gentucca;
   Â
identified with Gentucca mentioned in
D. C.
,
97
.
Moronto;
   Â
ancestor of Dante,
38
n
.,
40
.
Moryson, Fynes (1566-1630);
   Â
translates Bernardo Canaccio's epitaph on Dante,
106
n
.;
   Â
transcribes Bembo's inscription on Dante's tomb,
107
n
.
Moutier, I.;
   Â
edition of Boccaccio's commentary on
D. C.
,
272
.
Mozzi, Andrea de' (Bp. of Florence, 1287-1295);
   Â
hospital of Santa Maria Nuova endowed by Folco Portinari at his suggestion,
47
n
.
Murray, John (1778-1843);
   Â
publisher of Rossetti's
Comento Analitico alla D. C.
,
215-16
.
Muso;
   Â
name under which Albertino Mussato of Padua figures in poetical correspondence between Dante and G. del Virgilio,
255
.
Mussato, Albertino (1261-1329);
   Â
figures under the name of Muso in poetical correspondence between Dante and G. del Virgilio,
255
.
N
Naples;
   Â
Henry VII marches against,
96
;
   Â
bronze bust of Dante at,
141
;
   Â
editions of
D. C.
printed at,
214
;
   Â
editions of Lombardi's commentary on
D. C
.,
227
n
.;