L ' I N F E R N O

MALE
FEMALE
DE VULGARI ELOQUENTIA (QUOTE OR PARAPHRASE)
PLACE CHARACTERS
CRETE
ENGLAND
JARROW,
NORTHUMBER-
LAND
FRANCE
V
- voice only
no voice
O U T S I D E
I T A L Y
MINOS
O tu che vieni al doloroso ospizio,
guarda com' entri e di cui tu ti fide;
non t'inganni l'ampiezza de l'intrare!
O you, who come to the house of pain take care
how you enter, and in whom you trust, do not let
the width of the entrance deceive you.
BEDE, THE VENERABLE; BAEDA (673-735)
Benedictine priest; historian etc. Spoke Anglo-
Saxon. PARADISO PICTURES: 21, 22
V PIERRE DE LA BROSSE
Io son Ricorditi di me etc.
PARIS? HUGH CAPET ( -996)
FONTAINES
NR. DIJON
PARIS (&
SCOTLAND)
King of France. Language: pre-French.
ST BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX (C 1090-1153)
Cistercian (white habit, unbleached raw wool)
PARADISO PICTURES: 25, 26
I’ sono il suo fedel Bernardo.
I am her loyal Bernard.
CHARLES MARTEL D’ANJOU (1271-1295)
→ CAMPANIA: NAPLES
RICHARD OF SAINT VICTOR ( -1173)
Scottish monk, mystic, prior (from 1162) of
Abbey of St Victor, Paris.
Augustinian canon regular: white robe.
GERMANY
COLOGNE ALBERTUS MAGNUS (1207-1280)
Dominican habit with a Doctor’s cap.
PARADISO PICTURE S: 18, 19, 20
FIRST
SEEN / HEARD
INF C5 18
FIRST
SEEN / HEARD
PUR C6 22
23
FIRST
SEEN / HEARD
PAR C10 131
- PUR C20 19 -
PAR C3 120
from C31 120
- - PAR C5 103
PAR C10 131
PAR 10 97