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Dante Alighieri; Landino, Christophoro (commentator) · 1487

hand?
o.xx.?
d
walking
through the moral
times that
THALES original: "THALE"; referring to Thales of Miletus, the first Greek philosopher.
e
when the wing original: "laia," likely "l'ala" (the wing) or perhaps "Gaia" (the earth).
after the lower
sin
which he had
f
God without the
right Aeneas original: "rait aeneas"; Aeneas was the Trojan hero who descended into the underworld, a precursor to Dante.
of honor
although changed
g
...surrounds
...feigns
all these
circles placed
h
nature
added these
which I divided
i
...similar
because a place where
edification original: "dificatione"
in this here
k
hand?
l
o.xx.?
m
compa[ny]
named Beatrice original: "anome bena," likely a shorthand for Beatrice, Dante’s guide through Heaven.
western
n
or called holy
the others...
narrowed, they do
not moved by
o
power
to which
follows
the head turned
p
because
Purgatory
how they
are seen original: "deantur," from the Latin videantur. and
q
we are finally
rarely
Canto 30
demonstrates
r
Canto 32
in a form that
is not useful to the
optimal mind
aa
Thy images
prologue
well instituted
after the pro[logue]
bb
in this
west
cc
white half
in this
of the living
white half
dd
they place
Don Peter original: "dom petro"; possibly referring to St. Peter or a contemporary commentator. and
to describe it
hidden his
ee
we are already
changed and hands
exalting a
figure
ff
...shows them
they went invited
wisdom original: "sapia," likely Sapienza or the figure of Holy Wisdom. was among the people
continues in
gg
figure
of Mars...
are in our
besieged [city]
hh
demonstrates
the [Exodus] of Israel original: "lo diſrael," referring to the Psalm "In exitu Israel de Aegypto," which the souls sing in Purgatory.
treated in
by the way
ii
Command
... Virgil
already climbs the [mountain]
in the first
kk
Dazzles the
describes in the
because he has
how the
ll
Christian
figure
taking them [to]
Paradise and
mm
Contains that
bank which [is the]
celestial valley
Canto 31
nn
this west
Canto 33
A
loses like a
consecrated thing
attentive to those
B
[to] hope
a virgin
and parts
in the earth
C
that Titus The Roman Emperor who Dante believed avenged the death of Christ by destroying Jerusalem. near
for ten
examples
D
my will
the author finds himself
[going] from good to
E
then moved
that we have
too much
F
that refers
then
of the people
G
in Homer original: "homero"
he puts the words
ignorance
H
the affection original: "fectione," likely perfectione (perfection) or affectione (affection).
the words that
that these two
I
my face
is seen in
that the good [is]
the virtue
L
finished the words
quiet denotes
he wanted to
write the order [of]
concupiscence original: "concupiſcen"; the disordered desire for worldly things.