Dante Alighieri (59 page)

    
statement as to Dante's intimacy with his uncle Giovanni,
37
n
.,
126
;

    
Latin commentary on canto i of
Inferno
,
37
n
.;

    
mention of Giotto's portrait of Dante,
130
,
267
;

    
lectures on
D. C.
at Florence,
250
;

    
notice of Dante,
276
.

Villani, Giovanni (d. 1348);

    
his
Chronicle
quoted,
96
n
.,
98
n
.,
130
n
.,
159
,
174
,
195
,
232
,
239-40
,
249-50
;

    
his intimacy with Dante,
37
n
.,
126
;

    
does not mention Alighieri among Guelf families of Florence,
39-40
;

    
estimate of yearly baptisms in Florence,
43
n
.;

    
testimony to Dante's guiltlessness of corruption,
85
;

    
notice of Dante's death,
107
;

    
account of Dante,
126-7
,
275
;

    
mention of Dante's lyrical poems,
159
;

    
of
Convivio
,
174
;

    
account of D. C.,
195
;

    
mention of
De Monarchia
,
232
;

    
account of
De Vulg. Eloq
.,
239-40
;

    
mention of Dante's letters,
249-50
.

Vincent of Beauvais.
See
Beauvais.

Virgil;

    
quoted in
V. N
.,
66
.

Virgilio, Giovanni del;

    
professor at Bologna,
100
;

    
invites Dante to receive laurel crown at Bologna,
100
;

    
poetical correspondence with Dante,
100
,
252-6
;

    
epitaph on Dante,
103
n
.,
105
;

    
statement as to date of Dante's death,
103
n
.;

    
figures as Mopsus in poetical correspondence with Dante,
254-6
.

Visconti, Galeazzo (d. 1328);

    
process against, for attempt on life of Pope John XXII,
101-3
(
see below
);

    
reference to his marriage in
D. C.
,
101
n
.

Visconti, Matteo (d. 1322);

    
process against him and his son Galeazzo for attempt on life of Pope John XXII,
101-3
;

    
his dealings with the sorcerer Canolati,
101-2
;

    
speaks of employing Dante as a sorcerer at Piacenza,
102
.

Visions;

    
part played by, in
V. N
.,
164-6
.

Vita Nuova
;

    
contains story of Dante's love for Beatrice,
43
,
46
,
48
;

    
reference to
D. C.
, in,
48
,
193
;

    
date of,
66
,
160
;

    
composed after Provencal model,
66
,
166
;

    
authors quoted in,
66-7
;

    
account of,
160-73
;

    
editio princeps
of,
233
n
.;

    
positive dates in,
160-1
;

    
Boccaccio's account of,
161-2
;

    
Norton on,
162-4
;

    
meaning of name,
163-4
;

    
dedicated to Guido Cavalcanti,
164
;

    
distinctive features of,
164-6
;

    
main divisions of,
166
;

    
chapter divisions,
167
n
.;

    
analysis of,
167-72
;

    
printed editions,
172-3
;

    
Barbi's critical edition,
173
;

    
MSS. of,
173
;

    
English translations,
173
n
.;

    
wherein it differs from
Convivio
,
175
,
176
;

    
probably the book which Dante holds in the Giotto portrait,
268
;

    
the work quoted,
38
n
.,
47
n
.,
197
n
.

Voghera;

    
edition of Costa's commentary on
D. C.
, published at,
228
n
.

Volapük;

    
selections from
D. C.
translated into,
217
.

Volpi, Antonio (1686-1766);

    
indices to
D. C.
,
227
.

Vulgari Eloquentia
,
De
;

    
reference to Dante's exile in,
89
,
241
;

    
account of,
239-46
;

    
Villani's account of,
239-40
;

    
Boccaccio's account,
240
;

    
chapter divisions in,
240
;

    
date of,
240-1
;

    
supposed reference to, in
Convivio
,
241
;

    
analysis of,
241-5
;

    
early Italian translations,
245
;

    
editio princeps
,
245
,
276
,
280
;

    
English translation,
245
n
.;

    
Rajna's critical text,
245
n
.,
246
;

    
MSS. of,
246
;

    
the work quoted,
240
n
.,
241
n
.

W

Wallis, Whitworth;

    
owner of bronze bust of Dante,
x
.

Weinsberg, battle of (1140);

    
war-cries at,
2
.

Welf and
Weiblingen
;

    
origin of Italian
Guelfo
and
Ghibellino
_,
1-2
;

    
used as war-cries at battle of Weinsberg,
2
.

Wells;

    
copy of G. da Serravalle's commentary on
D. C.
, seen at, by Leland,
224
n
.

Welsh;

    
translation of
D. C.
, in,
217
.

White, A. C.;

    
translation of
Quaestio de Aqua et Terra
,
258
n
.

Whites.
See
Blacks.

Whittinghams;

    
printers of first single volume English edition of
D. C.
,
216
.

Wicksteed, P. H., and E. Gardner;

    
Dante and Giovanni del Virgilio
,
92
n
.,
252
n
.,
253
n
.;

    
critical edition of Dante's
Eclogues
,
253
.

Wicksteed, P. H., R. Selfe and;

    
Selections from Villani
, viii.

Wicksteed, P. H.;

    
translation of
Early Lives of Dante
, viii;

    
of
Canzoniere
of Dante,
159
n
.,
160
n
.;

    
of
Convivio
,
160
n
.,
192
n
.;

    
of Boccaccio's
Vita di Dante
,
212
n
.,
275
;

    
of
De Monarchia
,
239
n
.;

    
of Dante's letters,
251
n
.;

    
of Dante's
Eclogues
,
253
n
.;

    
of
Quaestio de Aqua et Terra
,
258
n
.;

    
of Villani's notice of Dante,
275
;

    
of Bruni's
Vita di Dante
,
277
.

Wilde, R. H. (1789-1847);

    
helps to discover Bargello portrait of Dante,
132
.

Williams, Lord Keeper (1582-1650);

    
quotes anecdote of Dante from Boccaccio to Duke of Buckingham,
125
n
.

Windsor;

    
French translation of
Inferno
, with Italian text, printed at,
215
.

Witchcraft;

    
Dante reputed an adept in,
101-2
;

    
reference to in
D. C.
,
101
n
.;

    
remarks of Anonimo Fiorentino on,
101
n
.

Witte, Karl (1800-1883);

    
chapter divisions in his edition of
V. N
.,
167
n
.;

    
restores correct title of Dante's
Convivio
,
173
n
.;

    
Dante-Forschungen
,
173
n
.;

    
critical text of
D. C.
,
217
n
.;

    
edition of
De Monarchia
,
231
n
.,
234
n
.,
239
n
.;

    
chapter divisions in,
231
n
.;

    
theory as to date of treatise,
234
n
.;

    
letters of Dante discovered through his exertions,
246
n
.;

    
edition of Dante's letters,
246
n
.,
248
,
249
;

    
prints letters of Dante to Moroello Malaspina in
Dante Alighier's Lyrische Gedichte
,
247
n
.;

    
upholds attribution to Dante of three letters to Margaret of Brabant,
251
;

    
note on Paur's article on portraits of Dante,
270
n
.

Wright, Edward (fl. 1720);

    
translated inscription on Domenico di Michelino's picture of Dante,
143
n
.;

    
anecdote of Dante in
Observations on France and Italy
,
156
n
.

Wright, Ichabod Charles (1795-1871);

    
translation of
D. C.
,
219
;

    
notes on
D. C.
,
229
.

Z

Zacheroni, G.;

    
editor of Guiniforto delli Bargigi's commentary on
Inferno
,
225
,
273
.

Zanobi da Strada.
See
Strada.

Zatta, A.;

    
edition of Dante's works published at Venice,
107
n
.,
281
.

Zenatti, O.;

    
prints critical text of Dante's letter to Moroello Malaspina,
247
n
.

Zilioli, A.;

    
notice of Dante,
280
.

Zingarelli, N.;

    
Dante
,
85
n
.,
91
n
.,
107
n
.,
108
n
.,
175
n
.,
192
n
.,
250
n
.,
281
;

    
Vita di Dante in Compendio
,
281
.

Zotti, R.;

    
English editions of
D. C.
, edited by,
215
.