This index is meant to help the reader find subjects, treated in the notes, that may not be readily remembered as being related to a particular passage.

accommodative metaphor,
IV.43–48
,
46–48
,
49–54
;
XXX.76–81

Actaeon, comic resolution of his tragic tale,
XXIII.25–27

Adamic speech,
XV.39
,
121–123
;
XXVI.114
,
133
,
134

Adam’s transgression,
VII.25–33
;
XXVI.115–117

Aegidius Colonna,
XV.107–108

Alain de Lille,
II.7–9
;
XI.1
;
XIII.127
;
XV.74
,
85
;
XXX.61–69
;
XXXIII.1

alba
(song of dawn),
XXIII.9

Albertus Magnus,
III.94–105
;
IV.55–57
;
X.97–99
,
133–138
;
XXIII.40–45
;
XXIX.70–81
,
100
;
XXX.1

Alfraganus,
IX.118–119
;
XIII.1–18
;
XXVII.79–81
;
XXVIII.13–15
;
XXX.1–3

aliger
(winged) and Alighieri,
XV.81

Ambrose, St.,
X.118–120
;
XXIII.43

amor
(love), dense presences of word,
XV.12

anaphora,
V.122–123
;
XVI.16–18
;
XX.37–72

Annunciation, the,
IX.137–142
;
XIV.36
;
XVI.34–36
;
XXIII.91–102
;
XXXII.88–93

angels:

as associated with a particular heaven,
Intro.
(2);
II.115–117

as directly created by God,
VII.67
,
124–138
;
XXIX.13–18

as having free will or not,
V.23–24

as not having memory,
X.133–138
;
XXIX.79–80
,
82–84

bread of,
II.1–6
,
10–12
,
11

Gabriel,
IV.46–48
;
IX.137–142
;
XIV.34–36
;
XVI.34–36
;
XXI.58–60
;
XXIII.91–102
;
XXXII.88–93
,
109–114

lack of interest in human concerns,
I.100–102

languages used by,
XXVII.1–3

location of (in Empyrean),
III.51
;
IV.28
,
29
;
VIII.26–27

Michael,
IV.46–48

not even Seraphim know God’s reasons,
XXI.91–102

numberless,
XIII.97

orders of (and Dante’s earlier error),
VIII.34–39

Principalities, do they descend?
VIII.34

Raphael,
IV.46–48
,
48

role in governing the universe,
II.127–129
,
139–141
,
142–144
;
VIII.97–111

role in indirect creation,
XIII.43–48
,
61–66

Seraphim, as highest order, associated with loving,
IX.77–78

singing in Latin and in Italian,
XXIV.113–114
;
XXVII.1–3

substantiality of,
XIII.59

Thrones, as representing divine justice,
IX.61–63
;
XIX.28–30

Anselm of Canterbury, St.,
VII.52–120
;
XXXI.7–12

Apollinaris, St.,
XV.22–24

Apollo:

as Christ,
I.13–15
,
13
,
19
,
25–27

as God the Father,
I.22–24
;
XXXIII.65–66

as Holy Spirit,
I.19

as pagan divinity,
XIII.25–27
;
XVII.1–6
;
XXI.58–60
;
XXII.37–45

as triune,
II.7–9

Apostles,
VII.6
;
X.97–99
;
XII.37–39
;
XIV.67–78
;
XV.32–33
,
39
;
XXIII.73–75
,
130–135
;
XXIV.13–18
,
19–21
,
137–138
;
XXV.13–15
;
XXVI.3
;
XXVII.86
;
XXIX.112–114

Aquinas, Thomas,
I.1
,
73
,
78
;
II.37–45
;
IV.1–3
,
24
,
43–48
,
55–63
;
V.66–68
;
VII.52–120
;
VIII.139–142
;
X.82–99
,
97–99
,
99
,
121–129
,
133–138
;
XI.73
,
111
;
XII.74–75
;
XIII.59
,
128–129
;
XIV.34–36
;
XVIII.1–3
,
16–18
,
109–111
;
XIX.2
,
25–33
;
XX.91–93
,
106–117
,
130–148
;
XXI.34–42
,
77
,
111
;
XXII.124–129
;
XXIII.95
;
XXIV.64–66
;
XXV.118–121
;
XXVI.6
;
XXVIII.41–42
,
112–114
,
127–129
;
XXIX.22–24
,
31–36
,
31–32
,
37–45
,
61–63
,
65–66
,
70–81
,
82–84
,
97–102
,
100
,
133–135
;
XXXI.12
,
71
;
XXXII.34–36
,
76–84
;
XXXIII.118–120
,
139–141

Arcas,
XXXI.32–33

archimandrita
(as differentiated from
patriarca
),
XI.99
,
118–123

Arena di Verona
, as model for Rose?
XXX.117
,
124–129

Ariadne’s crown,
XIII.13–15

Aristotle:

as opposed to Plato,
IV.34–39
,
55–63
;
X.133–138
;
XXVIII.41–42

as opposing Parmenides, Melissus, and Bryson,
XIII.125

Dante’s sense of his philosophy,
X.133–138

on aether, as fifth “element,”
XXII.132

on contradictions,
VI.19–21

on instantaneity,
XXIX.7–8

on nature’s providing,
VIII.112–114

on tetragon,
XVII.24

on winds becoming visible,
VIII.23

“physiology of mind,”
XIX.9

(references to specific works:)

De animalibus
,
I.46–48

De caelo
,
I.91–93
;
II.31–36
;
IV.1–3
;
XXVIII.41–42

De causis
,
XXVI.37–39

De meteoris
,
I.91–93
;
XV.13–24

Ethics
,
II.112–114
;
IV.40
;
XII.82–85
;
XVII.118
;
XIX.121
;
XXVI.37–39

Metaphysics
,
I.1
;
XXVI.37–39
;
XXVIII.41–42
,
43–45

Physics
,
XIII.100
;
XXVII.115–120
,
136–138
;
XXIX.133–135

Politics
,
VIII.115–117
,
118–120

Rhetoric
,
I.1–36

Arnaut Daniel,
XXVI.132

artista
(artist),
XIII.77
;
XVIII.51

ascents to the various spheres,
XXI.1–4

astrology,
Intro
(2);
IV.58–60
;
XXI.25–27

Augustine, St.:

and hope,
XXV.73–78

and music of the spheres,
I.78

and not Augustino, follower of Francis,
XII.130

attributing memory to angels,
XXIX.82–84

Dante’s view of,
XXXII.34–36

denying Solomon’s authorship of the biblical book Wisdom,
XVIII.91–93

denying Solomon’s salvation,
X.109–114
;
XIII.140–142
;
XIV.34–36
;
XX.69

denying state’s capacity to dispense true justice,
XVIII.115–117
;
XIX.1–6

his life as exemplary,
X.37–39

his Rule taken by Dominic,
XXXII.35

on good nature of fallen angels and the “delay” before they fell,
XXIX.50

on Paul’s
raptus
,
XXXIII.139–141

reburial at Pavia,
X.128

view on length of time before time began,
XXIX.19–21

views on length of time the world will endure,
XXVI.121–123

views on limits of the influence of the stars,
IV.58–60

views on predestination,
VIII.106–108
;
XX.130–148

views on unformed matter,
IV.64–65

(references to specific works:)

Confessiones
,
Intro.
(2);
I.91–93
;
III.85
;
VII.12
;
XXIV.106–110
;
XXVII.79–87
;
XXXI.17–18

De civitate Dei
,
IV.43–48
;
X.118–120
;
XXI.111
;
XXVI.93
;
XXXIII.65–66

De doctrina christiana
,
XIX.2
;
XX.127–129

Enarrationes in Psalmos
,
V.6
;
IX.40

Augustus Caesar,
XXX.136

Aurora,
XXX.7–8

Ave Maria
,
XXXIII.34–39

Averroism,
II.59–60
,
61–63
;
X.133–138
,
133–135
;
XII.140–141
;
XXIX.22–24
,
31–36
,
82–84

Avicenna,
XXVIII.41–42

“Avignonian captivity” of the Church,
IX.137–142
;
XII.55
;
XVIII.130
,
XXVII.136–138

babytalk,
XV.121–123
;
XXXIII.106–108

baptism, imagery of,
XXX.70–75

Beatrice:

addressed as
tu
finally, not as
voi
,
XXXI.79–90

as “allegorical” or not,
XXVIII.3

as Ananias,
XXV.9–12

as “author” of the poem,
V.16–17

as “commentator” on the poem,
VII.19–24

as Daedalus,
XXV.49–51

as Dante’s “mother,”
XXII.4–6

as Dante’s “savior,”
XXIII.34

as figurally related to Christ,
XXXI.77
,
79–81

as gust of wind,
XXVI.85–90

as having descended from Heaven twice,
XXX.19–21

as masculine,
XXX.37

as mind-reader,
I.85–87

as “nine,”
XXXII.9

as sexual being,
XXVIII.10–12

as speaker of opening lines of cantos,
XXIV.1–9

described in terms that recall Dante’s description of St. Augustine,
X.37–39

extended silence of,
XIV.10–18
;
XVII.7–12
;
XVIII.5–6

her departure a surprise,
XXX.142–148

her name occurring 63 times,
XXVI.118
;
XXXII.9

pale or ruddy with emotion?
XXVII.28–30
,
31–36

physical origin of Dante’s love for,
XXVI.13–15

rejected (in favor of Lady Philosophy) in
Convivio
,
VIII.34–39
;
XXXI.140

Beethoven, Ludwig von,
XII.22–25

Bernard, St.,
1.67–72
,
70–72
;
III.4–9
,
58–63
;
X.131–132
;
XV.139–144
;
XVI.16
;
XXI.115–117
;
XXII.10–12
,
133–150
;
XXIII.50
;
XXVIII.104
;
XXIX.106–114
;
XXXI.7–12
,
109–111
;
XXXIII.14–15
,
131

Bible:

Genesis,
II.133–138
;
V.49–51
;
XII.71–72
;
XIII.100
;
XIV.89
;
XXI.8
,
28–30
;
XXII.70–72
,
77
;
XXVI.121–123
,
124–126
;
XXIX.19–21
,
37–45
;
XXXII.10
,
67–75

Exodus,
XXII.94–96
;
XXVI.40–45
;
XXXI.85
;
XXXII.130–132

Leviticus,
V.49–51
,
52–63

Deuteronomy,
XIX.1

Joshua,
IX.118–119
;
XXII.94–96

Judges,
V.64–72
,
70

Ruth,
XXXII.11–12

I Samuel,
IV.29

II Kings,
XX.49–51

III Kings,
XIII.88–96
,
106–108

Judith,
XXXII.10
,
11–12

Job,
V.116–117
;
XXV.52–57
;
XXIX.133–135

Psalms,
I.97
;
II.10–12
;
VI.7
;
XIX.58–60
;
XXII.88–96
,
94–96
;
XXIII.133–135
;
XXV.70–78
,
97–99
,
112–114
;
XXIX.37–45
;
XXX.22–27
,
57
;
XXXI.12
;
XXXII.11–12
,
95
;
XXXIII.139–141

Proverbs,
XIX.40

Wisdom,
II.10–12
;
XVIII.91–93
,
94
,
101

Song of Solomon,
III.100–102
;
XXVII.136–138

Ecclesiasticus,
XXIX.37–45
;
XXXII.97

Isaiah,
IX.77–78
;
XII.58–60
;
XX.49–51
;
XXV.89–96
;
XXVI.67–69

Jeremiah,
IV.29
;
XXVII.1–3
,
22–24
,
55–57

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