A look at Sordello's most famous Poem, and how Dante draws inspiration from it in his description of the Valley of Princes in Canto VII of the Purgatory.Enjoy!
Apr 7, 2022
15 min
Brief reflection on the third terrace in Purgatory.
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Nov 7, 2021
5 min
In Canto 29 of Paradiso Dante describes the when, where and why of the Creation of Angels.
Full essay is here:
https://dantescomedy.com/the-creation-of-the-angels
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Jul 23, 2021
9 min
In just seven tercets, Dante inverts the model of the Universe from the material to the conceptual, and describes the origin and source of Motion and Time itself.
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Jul 19, 2021
10 min
From the 8th sphere in Paradiso!
The essay is here:
https://dantescomedy.com/the-examination-of-virtues-for-the-pilgrim
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Jul 17, 2021
7 min
How Dante connects Seraphims and Cherubims with the Franciscan and Dominican Orders, as two major defining elements of the Divine and Theology itself, in the sphere of the Sun.
May 29, 2021
6 min
The moment when the Poem is born.
From John Ciardi's translation of the Divine Comedy.
May 4, 2021
6 min
A suggestion for interpreting the number "515" at the end of Purgatory.
From dantescomedy.com
May 4, 2021
4 min
Highlights and reflections on Chapter 5.
Apr 29, 2021
12 min
Looking at the great translation of the Divine Comedy by John D. Sinclair from the 1940s.
Apr 28, 2021
34 min
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