Dante Alighieri (46 page)

    
earliest biographical notices of,
275-81
.

Alighieri, Francesco;

    
half-brother of Dante,
38
;

    
mentioned by Forese Donati,
39
n
.;

    
one of the guarantors in act of reconciliation between Alighieri and Sacchetti,
42
;

    
his and Dante's debts and loans,
86-7
;

    
helps to discharge Dante's debts,
87
.

Alighieri, Francesco;

    
last male descendant (great-great-great-great-grand son) of Dante,
70
n
.

Alighieri, Gaetana (Tana);

    
half-sister of Dante,
38
;

    
mentioned by Forese Donati,
39
n
.

Alighieri, Jacopo (d. bef. 1349);

    
Dante's son,
42-70
;

    
his writings,
70
;

    
his career,
70
;

    
commentary on
Inferno
,
70
n
.,
221-2
,
271
;

    
with Dante at Ravenna,
71
,
99
;

    
helps to discharge Dante's debts,
87
;

    
contemplates completing the
Paradiso
,
207
;

    
his dream as to whereabouts of missing cantos of poem,
207-8
;

    
his commentary perhaps written during Dante's lifetime,
222
n
.

Alighieri, Leonardo;

    
great-grandson of Dante,
70
n
.;

    
Bruni acquainted with,
70
n
.

Alighieri, Pietro (d. 1364);

    
Dante's eldest son,
41
,
42
,
70
;

    
his commentary on
D. C.
,
41
n
.,
70
,
223
,
272
;

    
two different versions of,
41
n
.,
223
;

    
statement as to marriage of Alighiero, Dante's great-grandfather,
41
;

    
his identification of Beatrice,
43
;

    
his career,
70
;

    
his son and grandson and their descendants,
70
n
.;

    
visit of his grandson Leonardo to Florence,
70
n
.;

    
with Dante at Ravenna,
71
,
99
;

    
helps to discharge Dante's debts,
87
;

    
contemplates completing the
Paradiso
,
207
.

Alighieri, Tana.
See
Alighieri, Gaetana.

Almanack used by Dante,
197
n
.

Alphesiboeus;

    
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;

    
translations of
D. C.
by,
221
n
.

Andalò, Loderingo degli;

    
Ghibelline, appointed joint Podestà of Florence with Catalano de' Malavolti, in 1266,
30
n
.

Andrea Poggi.
See
Poggi.

Anonimo Fiorentino;

    
commentary on
D. C.
,
101
n
.,
146-7
,
224
,
273
;

    
remarks on witchcraft,
101
n
.;

    
anecdote of Dante and Belacqua,
146-7
;

    
borrows freely from Boccaccio's
Comento
,
224
n
.

Antonia Alighieri.
See
Alighieri.

Antonino, Sant' (1389-1459);

    
notice of Dante,
277
.

Arabian calendar;

    
utilized by Dante in
V. N.
,
47
n
.,
48
n
.,
67
,
165
,
170
.

Arbia, battle of the.
See
Montaperti.

Aretines;

    
defeated by Florentines at Campaldino,
53-60
.

Arezzo;

    
headquarters of the exiled Whites,
90
.

Aristotle;

    
Dante's knowledge of
Ethics
,
64
n
.,
66
;

    
of
Metaphysics
,
66
;

    
quoted in
V. N
.,
66
.

Armenian;

    
selections from
D. C.
translated into,
217
.

Arnolfo di Lapo (c. 1232-1310);

    
forced to build the Palazzo della Signoria at Florence askew,
12
.

Arts, guilds of, at Florence,
30
.

Arundel Society;

    
reproduction of Kirkup's drawing of Giotto's portrait of Dante,
134
.

Ascoli, Cecco d'.
See
Cecco.

Ashendene Press;

    
editions of
D. C.
, and whole works of Dante, printed at,
217
.

Atheist, Dante and,
155
.

Athenæum
,
217
n
.,
239
n
.,
257
n
.

Aucassin et Nicolete
;

    
form of, compared with
V. N
.,
166
.

Augusta, Princess (1768-1840);

    
Tarver's French translation of
Inferno
dedicated to,
215
.

Ave Maria
;

    
alleged paraphrases of, by Dante,
259
,
260
.

Avignon;

    
Papal Court at,
101
.

Azzo VIII of Este (Marquis, 1293-1308);

    
mentioned in
De Vulg. Eloq
.,
241
.

B

Bacci, O.
See
D'Ancona.

Balbo, Cesare;

    
Vita di Dante
,
280
;

    
ed. by E. Rocco,
281
;

    
English translation by F. J. Bunbury,
281
.

Baldo d' Aguglione.
See
Aguglione.

Bambaglioli, Graziolo de' (d. bef. 1343);

    
Latin commentary on
Inferno
,
221
,
222
,
271
;

    
Italian translation of,
221
,
271
;

    
identified by Dr. Moore,
221
n
.

Bandino, Domenico di (c. 1340-c. 1414);

    
notice of Dante,
276
.

Baptistery of Florence.
See
Giovanni, San.

Barbi, M.;

    
as to the site of Dante's house,
37
n
.;

    
doubts as to alleged documentary reference to Dante,
72
n
.;

    
prints documents relating to Dante's loans and debts,
86
n
.,
87
n
.;

    
discusses evidence as to Dante at Forlì,
90
n
.,
92
n
.;

    
critical edition of
V.N
.,
167
n
.,
173
;

    
chapter divisions in,
167
n
.;

    
on Jacopo di Dante's commentary,
222
n
.;

    
on so-called commentary of Stefano Talice da Ricaldone,
223
n
.,
225
n
.

Bardi;

    
great Florentine banking-house,
46
;

    
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);

    
commentary on
Inferno
,
225
,
273
.

Barker, William (fl. 1550);

    
notice of Domenico di Michelino's picture of Dante in his
Epitaphia et Inscriptiones Lugubres
,
143
n
.

Bartoli, A.;

    
Storia della Letteratura Italiana
,
54
n
.,
164
n
.,
280
.

Bartolini, Lorenzo (c. 1777-1850);

    
gives Kirkup mask of Dante,
137
.

Baruffaldi, G.;

    
first prints Dante's letter to Can Grande,
250
.

Barziza, Guiniforte.
See
Bargigi.

Basle;

    
editio princeps of De Monarchia
printed at,
238
.

Basque;

    
selections from
D. C.
translated into,
217
.

Bassano;

    
editions of Venturi's commentary on
D. C.
published at,
227
n
.

Batines, Colomb de;

    
Bibliografia Dantesca
,
213
n
.,
222
n
.,
223
n
.,
226
n
.

Battifolle, Countess of;

    
her letters to wife of Henry VII supposed by Witte to have been composed by Dante,
251
;

    
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);

    
anonymous notice of Dante in 1494 Venice edition of
Speculum Historiale
,
278
;

    
Grauert on,
278
n
.

Belacqua, Dante and,
146-7
.

Bella;

    
Dante's mother,
38
;

    
presumed to belong to the Abati family,
37
n
.,
38
;

    
first wife of Alighiero,
38
;

    
mention of, in document,
38
n
.

Bellincion Berti;

    
his daughter the wife of Alighiero, Dante's great-grandfather,
41
.

Bellincione degli Alighieri.
See
Alighieri.

Bello;

    
ancestor of Dante,
41
;

    
his son Geri,
41-2
.

Bello, Geri del.
See
Geri.

Bembo, Bernardo (1433-1519);

    
restores Dante's tomb at Ravenna,
106-7
,
114
;

    
entrusts the work to Pietro Lombardi,
106-7
;

    
his inscription transcribed by Fynes Moryson,
107
n
.;

    
ambassador at Venice,
112
.

Bembo, Pietro (1470-1547);

    
son of Bernardo Bembo,
106
;

    
secretary to Leo X,
113
;

    
letter as to removal of Dante's remains to Florence,
113
.

Benedict XI (Pope, 1303-1304);

    
succeeds Boniface VIII,
90
;

    
sends Cardinal Niccolò da Prato to pacify Florentines,
90
,
246
.

Benevento, battle of (1266);

    
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.;

    
translation of Boccaccio's
De Genealogia Deorum
,
275
.