ON THE PARADISO OF DANTE CHIEFLY BASED ON THE COMMENTARY OF BENVENUTO DA IMOLA BY THE HONBLE. WILLIAM WARREN VERNON M.A. (Accademico Corrispondente della Crusca, Cavaliere di S. Maurizio e Lazzaro in Italy, and Knight of the Royal Order of St. Olaf in Norway) With an Introduction BY THE BISHOP OF RIPON IN TWO VOLUMES VOL. I London MACMILLAN AND CO. LIMITED NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY The Right of Translation and Reproduction is Reserved, To my honoured Friend The Rev. EDWARD MOORE, D.D., Hon. D. Litt. Dubl. PRINCIPAL OF ST. EDMUND HALL, AND HON. FELLOW OF PEMBROKE COLLEGE, OXFORD, WHOSE ORIGINAL RESEARCHES IN THE TEXT AND LITERATURE OF DANTE HAVE CAUSED HIM TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED AS THE LEADING AUTHORITY IN ENGLAND, THESE READINGS ON THE PARADISO, WHICH OWE MUCH TO HIS UNWEARIED ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE, INTRODUCTION BY THE BISHOP OF RIPON PRELIMINARY CHAPTER: (i) THE COSMOGRAPHY OF DANTE. (ii) CLASSIFICATION OF THE SPIRITS IN DANTE'S PARADISE. (iii) THE IMMEASUR- ABLE EXTENT OF PARADISE. (iv) DATE WHEN THE PARADISO WAS WRITTEN. (v) THE BEAUTIES OF THE PARADISO. (vi) TIME- DANTE'S ITINERARY THROUGH PARADISE LIST OF AUTHORS AND OF EDITIONS QUOTED ILLUSTRATION. GENERAL VIEW OF PARADISE ACCORDING ΤΟ DANTE, coloured plate opposite p. 1 |