Dante Alighieri (47 page)

Bezzi, G. A.;

    
helps to discover Bargello portrait of Dante,
132
,
267
.

Biagioli, N. G. (1772-1830);

    
commentary on
D. C.
,
227-8
;

    
editions of,
228
n
.

Bianchi.
See
Whites.

Bianchi, Brunone;

    
edition of Bruni's
Vita di Dante
,
57
n
.,
74
n
., and
passim
(
See
Bruni);

    
commentary on
D. C.
,
228-9
.

Bible;

    
quotations from, in
V. N
.,
67
.

Bice;

    
familiar name of Beatrice,
47
n
.

Biondo, Flavio (1388-1463);

    
states that Dante was at Forlì,
90
n
.;

    
his
Historiae ab inclinato Romano Imperio
,
90
n
.,
277
;

    
compendium of,
277
;

    
notice of Dante in,
277
.

Biscioni, Anton Maria (1674-1756);

    
Prose di Dante Alighieri e di M. Gio. Boccaccio
,
173
n
.,
191
;

    
the first to use the title
Convito
in an edition of the
Convivio
,
173
n
.,
191
.

Blacks and Whites;

    
origin of, in Pistoja,
75-6
;

    
in Florence,
76-81
;

    
leaders of both parties banished from Florence,
81
;

    
intervention of Pope Boniface,
82
;

    
Whites send embassy to Rome,
83
;

    
ascendancy of Blacks,
83
;

    
sentences against Whites,
83-4
;

    
exiled Whites form alliance with Ghibellines,
90
;

    
meeting at San Godenzo,
90
;

    
abortive attempt to enter Florence,
90
;

    
Dante dissociates himself from them,
90
;

    
fresh sentences against Whites,
98
.

Blacksmith, Dante and,
147-8
.

Blanc, L. G.;

    
Vocabolario Dantesco
,
230
;

    
Italian translation of,
230
.

Bocca degli Abati.
See
Abati.

Boccaccio, Giovanni (1313-1375);

    
Vita di Dante
quoted,
196
n
.,
206-8
,
212
,
232-3
,
240
,
251
;

    
date of,
45
n
.;

    
editio princeps
of,
275
;

    
English translations of,
275
;

    
two forms of,
275
n
.;

    
Comento sopra la D. C.
, quoted,
103
n
.,
209-11
;

    
acquaintance with Dante's nephew,
39
;

    
identification of Beatrice,
43
;

    
visits Dante's daughter at Ravenna,
71
;

    
not the forger of alleged letter of Frate Ilario,
92
n
.;

    
states that Dante visited Paris and England,
92-3
;

    
rebuke to the Florentines,
109-12
;

    
proposed monument to, in Duomo at Florence,
112
;

    
visits to Ravenna,
119
;

    
description of Dante,
119-26
;

    
anecdotes of Dante,
120
,
121-3
.
124-5
;

    
mention of Dante's lyrical poems,
159-60
;

    
of
V. N
.,
161-2
;

    
of
Convivio
,
174-5
;

    
account of
D. C.
,
193-5
;

    
stories of recovery of lost cantos of
D. C.
,
206-11
;

    
opinion as to why
D. C.
was written in Italian,
211-12
;

    
letter of Frate Ilario known to,
212
n
.;

    
unfinished commentary on
D. C.
,
223
,
272
;

    
public lectures on Dante at Florence,
223
;

    
commentary on
D. C.
falsely attributed to,
272
n
.;

    
Comento
utilized by Anonimo Fiorentino,
224
n
.;

    
account of
De Monarchia
,
232-3
;

    
omitted in 1576 edition of
Vita di Dante
,
233
n
.;

    
account of
De Vulg. Eloq
.,
240
;

    
owned MS. containing letters of Dante and letter of Frate Ilario,
248
,
250
;

    
mention of Dante's letters,
251
;

    
biographical notices of Dante in
Comento sopra la D. C.
,
275
;

    
and
De Genealogia Deorum
,
278
n
.

Bocchi, F.;

    
notice of Dante,
280
.

Bocci, D.;

    
Dizionario alla D. C.
,
230
.

Bodleian Library at Oxford;

    
authorship of epitaph on Dante disclosed in MS. in,
106
;

    
MS. of
Convivio
in Canonici Collection in,
192
n
.

Boëthius;

    
his
De Consolatione Philosophiæ
studied by Dante,
65
,
67
,
166
,
182
;

    
form of, compared with
Vita Nuova
,
166
.

Boffito, G., and Melzi d' Eril;

    
Almanach Dantis Aligherii
,
197
n
.

Bohemian;

    
translation of
D. C.
in,
217
.

Bologna;

    
alleged studies of Dante at,
67
;

    
D. invited to receive laurel crown at,
100
,
252
,
254
;

    
Jacopo della Lana's commentary on
D. C.
,
published at,
222
,
271
;

    
Benvenuto da Imola's lectures on
D. C.
at,
223
;

    
commentary of Anonimo Fiorentino on
D. C.
published at,
273
;

    
first edition of Costa's commentary,
228
.

Bologna, Gian (1524-1608);

    
possessed mask of Dante,
136
.

Bonagiunta of Lucca (fl. 1296);

    
Dante's interview with, in Purgatory,
71
,
97
.

Bonaini, F.;

    
Acta Henrici VII
,
97
n
.

Boniface VIII (Pope, 1294-1303);

    
sentence against creatures of, in Florence,
74
;

    
intervenes between Blacks and Whites in Florence,
80
,
82
,
124
;

    
sends Charles of Valois as his representative,
82-3
,
124
;

    
opposed by Dante,
82
;

    
Dante member of embassy to,
83
,
124-5
;

    
alleged letter of Dante to,
252
.

Bonucci, A.;

    
edition of alleged
Ave Maria
of Dante,
260
n
.

Boschini, G. B.;

    
editor of first English edition of
D. C.
,
215
.

Bottari, Giovanni (1689-1775);

    
mentions cast of Brunelleschi's face,
135
.

Botticelli, Sandro (1447-1510);

    
designs for first Florentine edition of
D. C.
,
226
n
.

Boyd, Henry (c. 1750-1832);

    
author of first published English translation of
D. C.
,
219
;

    
notes on
D. C.
,
229
.

Brabant, Margaret of;

    
wife of Henry VII,
251
;

    
letters of Countess of Battifolle to, attributed to Dante,
251
.

Braccioforte Chapel at Ravenna;

    
Dante's remains in,
115
,
118
.

Bracciolini, Francesco Poggio (1381-1459);

    
anecdotes of Dante in his
Facezie
,
154-5
.

Brescia;

    
edition of Landino's commentary on
D. C.
printed at,
226
n
.;

    
besieged by Henry VII,
249
.

British Museum;

    
no copies of Edinburgh editions of
D. C.
in,
216
;

    
MS. of G. da Serravalle's commentary on
D. C.
in,
224
n
.,
277
n
.;

    
copy of
editio princeps
of
Quaestio de Aqua et Terra
,
258
n
.;

    
Cent. XV, editions of Dante's
Credo
,
260
n
.

Bromby, C. H.;

    
translation of
Quaestio de Aqua et Terra
,
258
n
.

Brougham, Henry (1778-1868);

    
subscriber to Rossetti's
Comento Analitico alla D. C.
,
216
.

Browning, Oscar;

    
quoted,
5
.

Brunelleschi, Filippo (1377-1446);

    
cast of his face preserved in Florence,
135
.

Brunetto Latino.
See
Latino.

Bruni, Leonardo (1369-1444);

    
Vita di Dante
quoted,
54
n
.,
57
n
.,
58
n
.,
70
n
.,
74
,
77
,
85-6
,
89
,
91
,
141
;

    
description of Dante's handwriting,
54
n
.;

    
claims to have seen letters of Dante now lost,
54
n
.,
57
n
.,
86
n
.,
91
n
.,
251-2
;

    
his
Dialogus ad Petrum Histrum
,
54
n
.;

    
acquaintance with Dante's great-grandson Leonardo,
70
n
.;

    
mentions Taddeo Gaddi's portrait of Dante,
141
;

    
Kirkup's statement that he mentions Giotto's portrait of Dante,
267
;

    
editio princeps
of his
Vita di Dante
,
277
;

    
English translations of,
277
.

Brunswick, royal house of;

    
descended from the Guelfs,
1
.

Bryce, James;

    
analysis of
De Monarchia
in his
Holy Roman Empire
,
235-8
.

Bubwith, Nicholas (Bp. of Bath and Wells, 1407-1424);

    
founded and endowed Cathedral Library at Wells,
224
n
.;

    
at Council of Constance instigated G. da Serravalle to write commentary on
D. C.
,
224-5
.

Buckingham, Duke of (1592-1628);

    
anecdote of Dante quoted to, by Lord Keeper Williams,
125
n
.