A look at Sordello's most famous Poem, and how Dante draws inspiration from it in his description of the Valley of Princes in Canto VII of the Purgatory.Enjoy!
Brief reflection on the third terrace in Purgatory. Thanks for listening!
In Canto 29 of Paradiso Dante describes the when, where and why of the Creation of Angels. Full essay is here: https://dantescomedy.com/the-creation-of-the-angels Enjoy!
In just seven tercets, Dante inverts the model of the Universe from the material to the conceptual, and describes the origin and source of Motion and Time itself. Enjoy!
From the 8th sphere in Paradiso! The essay is here: https://dantescomedy.com/the-examination-of-virtues-for-the-pilgrim Enjoy!
How Dante connects Seraphims and Cherubims with the Franciscan and Dominican Orders, as two major defining elements of the Divine and Theology itself, in the sphere of the Sun.
The moment when the Poem is born. From John Ciardi's translation of the Divine Comedy.
A suggestion for interpreting the number "515" at the end of Purgatory. From dantescomedy.com
Looking at the great translation of the Divine Comedy by John D. Sinclair from the 1940s.
We've just started a group reading in our community on https://reddit.com/r/dantescomedy - and would like to welcome everyone to join in!
Reflections on Poem 15 from Purgatory – the Poem of Light.
Reflections on the first four Terraces, the psychological process on each level, and the role and nature of Art ant the Artist.
Reflection on Canto 28-33 in Purgatory. A unity of personal and general Revelation with Scripture, and Beatrice.
Reflections on Purgatory 9 and 10, the threshold into what Dante saw as the symbolic Church Life, and apprehending the Divine Arts with Humility.
Reflections on Canto 9 and Canto 2, in Purgatorio.
Reflections on canto 7, and some descriptions of the person Dante by his late-contemporary fellow writers Boccaccio and Petrarch, coming one generation after him in Florence and Arezzo.
How the twin Portal of the Moon opens a material and spiritual experience, simultaneously.