ACTIVE and contemplative life,
symbols of, 307; Aquinas on,
308, 319, 320; symbolized in
Saturn, 330.
Beatrice, Boccaccio's authority
for stating that she was Bea-
trice Portinari, 67; Boccaccio's
account, 77 ff.; purity of Dante's
love, 174; ideal of Platonic love,
176, 178; the daughter of Folco
Portinari, 185 ff.; her signifi-
cance in the Convito, 199; and in
the D. C., 199, 307; Scartazzini's
argument to prove she was
not Beatrice Portinari, 324 ff. ;
her increasing beauty indicates
Dante's ascent in Paradise, 344;
her eyes and smile, 374; she
represents the divine element in
the training of the soul, 374.
Benevento, significance of the
battle, 13.
Bianchi, 120; banished, 122, 134.
Boccaccio, his value as an au-
thority discussed by Dr. Edw.
Moore, 64 ff. Scartazzini's es-
timate, 69; purpose in writing
the Vita, 70; opinion of married
life, 81 ff.
Bruni, his life, 114; credibility,
128.
Campaldino, 114, 119.
Cardinal virtues, 307, 311; bring
one into the presence of Christ,
338; differ in worth, 340.
Cerchi, their character, 25; feud
with the Donati, 26; less dan-
gerous than the Donati, 37.
Chronology: Inferno, 253-6;
Purgatorio, 256-61; Paradiso,
261.
Convito, mentioned by Villani, 62;
Boccaccio's notice of, 110;
deeper note than in V. N., 195;
object of the book, 196 ff.; it
reveals the elevation of Dante's
character, 198, 200; its date,
198 n.; its relation to the V. N.,
199, 200.
Cosmography, Dante's, 231 ff.;
framework of Paradise, 337.
Dante, Church's account of his life,
6 ff.; influence of the political
life upon, 8 ff.; a public man,
33; member of a guild, 34; con-
nection with the Donati, 35;
expulsion from Florence, 38,
39; his life during exile, 39;
compared with Homer and
Shakespeare, 42; the nature of
his task, 54, 55; Villani's ac-
count, 61 ff.; his family, 72 ff.;
his mother's dream, 73; his
early studies, 75; travels, 76;
meeting with Beatrice, 77; her
death, 80; his marriage, 81;
exile, 88; wanderings, 89;
death, 92; appearance, 95; de-
fects, 100; F. Villani's account,
112; his family, 116; Cam-
paldino, 117; his wife, 118;
banished, 123; life in exile,
124; Norton's account, 130 ff.;
exile, 137; his lyrical genius
deepened in Il Convito, 195, his
emphasis upon knowledge, 197;
consciousness of power, 354;
a law to himself, 357; his jus-
tice, 358-61; love of light, 389-
91; fidelity to the real, 391; his
influence upon his readers, 395;
balanced view of man, 396; his
description of Francesca reveals
his power, 400 ff.; his descrip-
tion of the Messenger from
Heaven, 405; his inexorable
justice, 418 ff.; the first to make
a poem out of himself, 419; se-
cret of his power, 421; his
poetic gift, 421; the man be-
hind the verse, 423; what he
has accomplished, 425.
De Monarchia, mentioned by
Villani, 62; Boccaccio's notice
of, 108-9; Bruni, 128; its date,
201; career of Henry VII. in
Italy, 202-3; an epitaph, 203;
argument of, 204-8; Dante's
theory based on a vast system
of speculation, 303.
De Vulgari Eloquentia, Villani's
reference, 63; Boccaccio's re-
ference, 110; Bruni's reference,
128; its important historical
position, 209; its date, 211;
why called " Vulgari Eloquen-
tia," 212; its argument, 213-7;
its errors, 217, 218.
Divina Commedia, its essential
greatness, 3; its stamp of per-
sonal character, 5; Villani's men-
tion of the Comedy, 62; begun
before exile, 104, 127; method
of composition, 106; last cantos
found, 107; date, 220-1, 228;
why called Comedy, n. 228;
its structure, 229; Terza Rima,
230; place of Virgil in, 290 ff.;
its novelty, 349; its revelation
of the capacity of mind, 351;
always perplexing, 352; char-
acteristic of the poet rather
than of his age, 353; Dante's
consciousness of power, 354;
its meaning, 363; writer of a
real world, 365; dominance of
religion, 367; political aspect,
368; its primary purpose, 368,
377, 416; Christian poetry here
converges, 379; restores the se-
rious in literature, 381; its gro-
tesqueness, 384; greatness not
in details, 393; its balanced view
of what man is and may be, 397.
Donati, Corso, his character, 25;
feud with the Cerchi, 26.
Eclogues, mentioned by Boccac-
cio, 110; contents, 219-21; in-
formation regarding the date of
the D. C., 220-21.
Florence, likened to Athens, 11
ff.; irrevocably Guelf from year
of Dante's birth, 21; her con-
stant conflicts, 22; divided be-
tween Donati and Cerchi, 26 ff.;
her prosperity, 28 ff.; her sud-
den wealth, 31; vigorous life,
49; history of, by Boccaccio,
71 ff.
Francesca, special character of
Dante's poetry is best revealed
in his description of her love,
400 ff.
Garden of Eden, its location and
nature, 241-2; fall of Adam
repaired, 305; ethical signifi-
cance of, 307.
Ghibelline, original significance
lost in Dante's time, 13; Em-
peror's liegemen, 14; charac-
ter of the party, 15; influence
of Frederick II., 17; methods of
war in Florence, 18; Uberti, the
head of the party, 19; attempted
reconciliation with Guelfs, 23;
maintainers of the empire, 133.
Giotto, his portrait of Dante, 35,
151 n.
Guelf, original meaning lost in
Dante's time, 13; political sig-
nificance, 14; character of the
party, 16; influence of Frede-
rick II., 17; methods of war-
fare, 18 ff.; supreme in Florence
from year of Dante's birth,
21; its curious organization in
Florence, 22; attempted recon-
ciliation with Ghibellines, 23;
renown after Arezzo, 24; Black
and White Guelfs, 36, 120;
character of each, 37; Norton's
account of, 133.
Inferno, begun before exile, 104;
how formed, 236; its location,
238; chronology of, 253-6;
topography of, 287; sin against
God, self, and neighbor, 314;
mortal sin, 318; its grotesque-
ness, 384; strangeness, 387; its
poetical character described by
Gaspary, 398 ff.; Francesca,
400; Farinata, 406; sinners are
mocked only in the lower re-
gions, 409; Pope Nicholas, 409;
Ugolino, 414; significance of,
Italy, influence of Rome upon,
45 ff.; religious awakening of,
48; growth of guilds, 49; splen-
did activity of the thirteenth
century, 50 ff.
Jerusalem, its position, 237-8.
Letters, mentioned by Boccaccio,
110; by Bruni, 119; by Nor-
ton, 140, 141, 143, 145 n.; gen-
uineness discussed, 221; to Can
Grande, 262.
Longfellow, his poem on the
D. C., 225.
Neri, from Pistoja, 120 ban-
ished, 122, 134.
Paradiso, the order of the planets,
232-3; their inhabitants, 243;
shadow of earth, 243; the in-
telligences, 245 ff.; influence of
the stars, 247 ff.; God, symbol-
ized by a point, 251; happiness
consists in the vision of the Di-
vine essence, 309; perfection of
life is in charity, 322; the great-
ness of Dante's task, 332; Leigh
Hunt on, 333; Ruskin on, 334;
Shelley's opinion of, 334; Hal-
lam's statement, 335; its theme,
335; the beginnings of the
spiritual life, 336; astronomical
framework, 337; shadow of
earth, 338; many ways to God,
338; grand divisions, 340; ma-
terials used in the construction,
341.
Provençal poetry, trifling in pur-
pose, 382.
Purgatory, how formed, 236-7,
304; the counterpart to Hell,
239; the Southern Cross, 239,
240; the Garden of Eden, 241,
307; chronology of, 256-61; its
literal and allegorical meaning,
304; time spent there, 304;
three divisions, 305; Ante-Pur-
gatory, 305; significance of
Purg., 306; symbolical mean-
ing of persons and objects in,
307; sin causes a stain on the
soul, 315, 316; a debt remains
after sin, 316; pride the most
grievous of sins, 318.
Questio de Aqua et Terra, its
contents, 218-9.
Roman Catholic Church, changes
wrought in Europe by, 44;
growth of her power, 47.
Rome, the spell of her name upon
Italy, 45 ff.
Stars, influence of, 247 ff.
Theological virtues, 307, 311, 312.
Uberti, their sufferings at the
hands of the Guelfs, 19, 20.
Venice, the counterpart of Rome,
11.
Vergil, reasons why Dante chose
him, 290 ff.; a poet, 291; ig-
nores his imperfections, 294;
speaks as one who has gained
knowledge through death, 295;
a symbol, yet retaining histor-
ical reality, 298, 299; most
learned of the poets, 298; less
perfect than Cato, 300; supple-
mented by Statius, 301; repre-
sentative of the imperial idea,
302; significance of, 307, 374,
375; Dante's affection for, 376.
Vita Nuova, mentioned by Vil-
lani, 62; Boccaccio, 79; men-
tioned by Bruni, 126; described
by Gaspary, 174 ff.; its date,
185; its symmetrical structure,
188 ff.; its self-concentration,
361.
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