Vede perfettamente ogne salute (44)
VNXXVl (17) (First Redaction)
234
Venue a ‘ntender li sospiri miei (48)
VN XXXII (21) (First Redaction)
255
Videro gli occhi miei quanta pietate (51)
VN XXXV (24) (First Redaction)
269
Voi che pórtate la semblanza umile (36)
VNXXII (13)
197
Voi donne, chepietoso atto mostróte (39)
205
Volgete gli occhi a veder chi mi tira (18)
111
Index
Page numbers set in boldface type refer to the essays accompanying the incipits.
A ciascun’alma presa e gentil core, 58–62
Beatrice and, 60
Cavalcanti and, 37n2, 50, 59, 114
Dante da Maiano and, 37, 45, 47–8, 60, 109
date of, 37, 60
De Robertis and, 16, 24
farnetico / farneticare in, 208
group addressed in, 180
pascere in, 59
prendere in, 272
responses to, 59–60
Terino da Castelfiorentino and, 37n2, 59–60
visionary material / experience in, 8, 38, 46, 47–8, 50, 58, 59–60
in Vita Nuova, 4, 38, 48, 58, 60–1
A me stesso di me pietate vène (Cavalcanti), 153
Aeneid, 92
Aï faus ris, 16, 122
“aiutatemi,” in Negli occhi porta, 192
Al cor gentil rimpaira sempre amore (Guinizzelli), 166, 181, 183–4, 188, 189
Al poco giorno ed al gran cerchio d’ombra: in canzoni distese, 11
pascere in, 59
All Saints’ Day. See Ognisanti
“Altre rime d’amore e di corrispondenza” (Barbi), 13
amico: in Commedia, 51, 92
in Dante Alleghier, Cecco, tu’ servo amico, 46–7
friendship vs., 50
Guittone and, 49–51
not used in Guido, i’ vorrei, 50
in Se Lippo amico, 64
in sonnets, 114n48
in tenzoni with Dante da Maiano, 7, 46–7, 48–51
Amico, proveduto ha mia intenzione (Davanzati), 38n5, 50
“amicus eius”: about, 115
in De vulgari eloquentia, 51, 115
Amor, che movi tua vertù dal cielo, 171–2n85, 249n116
Amor, da che convien pur ch’io mi doglia: in canzoni distese, 12
Cavalcantianism of, 179n88
date of, 4
representation in, 81
Amor che lungiamente m’hai menato (Guido delle Colonne), 240
Amor che nella mente mi ragiona, 251n119
in canzoni distese, 11, 21
in Convivio, 19, 20, 21, 178
gender conflict in, 307
and Gentil pensero, 280
in Purgatorio, 20, 21, 178
ragionare insieme of poet and Love in, 91
rappresentare in, 204n95
amor de lonh, 67
Amor mi fa sì fedelmente amare (Dante da Maiano), 55, 57
amore: conversion from forte to soave, 240–2
intelletto link with, 8, 179, 185, 297.
See also love
Amore e ’l cor gentil sono una cosa, 188–90
as anti-Cavalcantian, 189
gender boundary crossing in, 273
and gender equality, 189–90
Guinizzelli in, 51n13
and love and noble heart as one, 58
love as sleeping in lover’s heart in, 191
Negli occhi porta and, 191
placement of, 188
“saggia donna” in, 124
in Vita Nuova, 188
Amore e monna Lagia e Guido ed io, 122–6
attribution of, 122
brigata in, 124, 234, 256
Cavalcanti and, 122, 125, 126, 260
Contini on, 123–5
De Robertis and, 16, 26, 122–3
friendship in, 6, 124
quotidian flux of social life in, 124
in rime dubbie, 16, 26, 122–3
angels: in Al cor gentil, 183–4
in Di donne io vidi, 237
in Donna pietosa, 181
in Donne ch’avete, 180
madonna resembling, 183–4, 237
in Per una ghirlandetta, 129, 180, 237
in Tanto gentile, 183
women compared to, 166
Angiolieri, Cecco, 159, 296, 299
Dante Alleghier, Cecco, tu’ servo amico, 47, 99
“Annabel Lee” (Poe), 181n89
ardire, in Di donne io vidi, 237
Arduini, Beatrice, 20n29
Aristotle: citations in Vita Nuova, 296–7
and friendship, 50
Metaphysics, 296–7
on moment vs. time, 83n31
Nicomachean Ethics, 4, 6, 55, 92, 113n45
in Oltra la spera, 297
Physics, 83n31, 117n56
Ars amandi (Ovid), 271
Asinelli tower, Bologna, 101
Augustine, St: Confessions, 219–20, 240, 243
description of ecstasy in Purgatorio, 151
Avegna ched el m’aggia più per tempo (Cino da Pistoia): as consolatoria, 114n49, 115n50, 251n121
Baglione, Cione, ser, 37n1, 40
baldanza, 72
“baldanzosamente,” 307
Ballata, i’ voi che tu ritrovi Amore, 138–42
and Beatrice, 140–1
Cavalcantianism in, 135, 138, 144
courtly values in, 138–9, 275
as escondig, 138, 141, 275
Love in, 138
madonna in, 138, 141, 275
and mediation, 140
sdonneare in, 139
in Vita Nuova, 138, 141
ballate: about, 127
number of Dante’s, 127
and “sonetto” as technical term, 129
in Vita Nuova, 138
Barbi, Michele: about 1921
edition, 9
“Altre rime d’amore e di corrispondenza,” 13
and Amore e monna Lagia, 122, 123
on Ballata, i’ voi, 140–1
Contini following order of, 44
and Convivio, 16
De Robertis and, 10, 44
and E’ m’incresce di me, 170
on Guido, i’ vorrei, 119
and identity of women in poetry, 87
and interpretation, 17
and Lo doloroso amor, 161
on Madonna, quel signor, 87
Maggini and Pernicone as disciples of, 9
on Morte villana, 77
on Ne le man vostre, 159
and No me poriano, 100
numbers of poems in edition, 14
and O voi che per la via, 70
on Onde venite, 201
ordering of lyrics / canzoni, 13–14, 162
on Per quella via, 301, 302
on Piangete, amanti, 75
on the “tenzone del duol d’amore,” 14, 43–4
and Vita Nuova, 16, 22, 23
Barbi-Maggini: about 1939
edition, 14
on Deh pellegrini, 292
on Di donne io vidi, 236
on encounter with Donati in Purgatorio, 198
on Era venuta, 260
on Florentine mourning customs, 196–7
on Lasso, per forza, 287–8
on mourning clothing, 220
No me poriano in, 100
on Onde venite, 202
on use of parere, 229n105
on Vede perfettamente, 233–4
and Videro gli occhi, 266n127
Barbi-Pernicone: about 1946 edition, 14
on Per quella via, 306
Bardi, Lippo Pasci de’, 17, 25–6, 64, 113n46
Barolini, Teodolinda: Dante and the Origins of Italian Literary Culture, 7n5, 45n10, 140n72, 168n84, 179n88, 240n111
Dante’s Poets, 64n21, 135n69
“Editing Dante’s Rime and I
talian Cultural History,” 11n15, 22, 23n32
ordering of rime, 22–6
Rime giovanili e della “Vita Nuova”, 23, 27
The Undivine Comedy, 65n22, 115n52, 150n75, 209n96, 228n104, 292n143, 294n145
Beatrice: and A ciascun’alma presa e gentil core, 60
Ballata, i’ voi and, 140–1
as Bice in Io mi senti’ svegliar, 163n83, 182n90
brother of, 50, 210n97
in Commedia, 66, 215
death of father, 194–5, 198
in Deh pellegrini, 163n83
and Donna pietosa, 207, 244
in Donne ch’avete, 131
in E’ m’incresce di me, 5, 170
and genesis of love, 191
Giovanna and, 224
in Li occhi dolenti, 75, 163n83, 182n90, 207, 244, 246–7
in Lo doloroso amor, 5, 128, 163–4, 167, 170, 174, 182, 207, 213, 289
making of, 163–4
name of, 24, 163–4
and “novità,” 134; O voi che per la via and, 70
in Oltra la spera, 163n83, 182n90, 298
in Paradiso, 167, 182
as presaging death, 5, 163–4
reconversion to, 286, 290
in Vita Nuova, 59, 66, 154, 163, 174, 182n90, 191, 207, 210.
See also death of Beatrice; madonna
beatrice: death of, and suffering of city, 291–2
in Deh pellegrini, 182n90, 294n146
meaning of, 292–3
Bettarini, Rosanna, 44
biblical elements: Cavalcantianism and, 158, 159–60
and courtly elements, 158
in Donna pietosa, 214–15
in E’ m’incresce di me, 158
in Ne le man vostre, 158–60
in O voi che per la via, 72–3
in Vita Nuova, 158–9.
See also theology / theologization
Bice: in Io mi senti’ svegliar, 244
“monna,” 222, 223, 224. See also Beatrice
Biltà di donna e di saccente core (Cavalcanti), 56, 105, 127
Boccaccio, Giovanni: and brigata, 236
canzoni distese, 11–12, 15, 16, 17, 20, 161–2, 168
De Robertis and, 15, 16
Decameron, 106, 108, 118–19, 120, 124, 125, 196–7, 220, 230, 230n107, 234
and Lo doloroso amor, 162, 168, 170
ordering of lyrics / canzoni, 11–12, 17, 20
Boethius, Consolatio Philosophiae, 213n98, 250, 265
Bonagiunta da Lucca, 39, 46, 177, 198
Boniface VIII, 101–2
botta e risposta, 198
boundary crossing: gender and (see gender boundary crossing); between life and death, 248, 249
and mystical-visionary experience, 150
in Voi donne, 204
Boyde, Patrick, 9–10
brigata: in Amore e monna Lagia, 124, 256
of Betto Brunelleschi, 125
and Cavalcanti in Decameron, 108
in Deh ragioniamo, 256
in Di donne io vidi, 236, 238
female, in Decameron, 234
Folgore and, 104–5
in Guido, i’ vorrei, 124, 256
in lyrics, 7
mixed-gender, 124, 234
“schiera,” 236, 238
in Sonar bracchetti, 124, 256
in Volgete gli occhi, 110, 124, 256.
See also friendship
Brunelleschi, Betto, 125
Cacciaguida degli Elisei, 213
cacciare: in E’ m’incresce di me, 171–2.
See also hunt / hunting
“cammino della vita,” as metaphor, 291
canoscenza, 132, 135, 139
canzoni distese (Boccaccio), 11–12, 15, 16, 17, 20, 161–2, 168
Carmina (Horace), 271
Castiglione, Baldassare, sprezzatura, 71
Cavalcando l’altr’ier per un cammino, 134–7
Cavalcantianism in, 134–5, 138, 144, 153
changeableness of will in, 275
and Commedia, 136–7
compared with Un dì si venne, 220–1
journey motif in, 134
love in, 134, 135
mediation in, 139
movement from one passion to another in, 281, 284
new vs. first love in, 304; “novo piacere” in, 134, 136
pilgrims in, 291
in Vita Nuova, 134, 138, 144, 153, 220
Cavalcanti, Cavalcante de’, 120
Cavalcanti, Guido: and A ciascun’alma, 37n2, 50, 59, 114
A me stesso di me pietate vène, 153
about, 125–6
amico and, 50
and Amore e monna Lagia, 122, 125, 126, 260
and amore forte vs. soave, 241–2
Biltà di donna e di saccente core, 56, 105, 127
and cacciare, 171–2
Chi è questa che vèn, ch’ogn’om la mira, 192, 228–9
in Commedia, 120
cool detachment of, 173
Dante’s friendship with, 51, 119–20, 171–2, 256
Dante’s lyrics compared to, 4
in De vulgari eloquentia, 114
and death of madonna, 260
death of poet vs. lady in poetry of, 219
in Decameron, 108, 120, 125
Donna me prega, per ch’eo voglio dire, 135, 179
Era in penser d’amor quand’i’ trovai, 135–6
Fresca rosa novella, 127–8, 131–2, 184, 223
and fuori, 260
and Giovanna / Vanna, 127, 222, 224
in Guido, i’ vorrei, 110, 113, 116, 117, 127, 224
I’ vegno ’l giorno a·tte ’nfinite volte, 110, 114, 120, 172, 250, 267
In un boschetto trova’ pasturella, 128
in Inferno, 126
Io mi senti’ svegliar and, 224
Io non pensava che lo cor giammai, 132, 139, 140
and Lady Lagia, 124–5
and “micidiale” lady, 163
Perch’i’ no spero di tornar giammai, 125
in Quantunque volte, 256
S’io fosse quelli che d’Amor fu degno, 113–14
Una giovane donna di Tolosa, 136
and valore, 214n99
Vedeste, al mio parere, onne valore, 46, 59, 214n99
Veggio negli occhi de la donna mia, 139, 241
in Vita Nuova, 134–5, 162
Voi che per li occhi, 139
Cavalcantianism: in Amor, da che convien, 179n88
and Amore e ’l cor gentil, 189
biblical elements and, 158, 159–60
in Cavalcando l’altr’ier, 134–5, 136
in Ciò che m’incontra, 149, 152, 154
in Con l’altre donne, 139, 146–7
and Dante’s mystical style, 150
in Deh, Vïoletta, 87, 127
of delicacy in lyrics, 4
and direct speech, 150
donna gentile episode and, 280–1
of Donne ch’avete, 153
in E’ m’incresce di me, 158, 170–3
in Era venuta, 259, 260
and fragmentation of self, 276
Gentil pensero and, 280–1
and Guinizzellian motifs, 156
of lady, 132, 174
and L’amaro lagrimar, 276
of Lo doloroso amor, 162
and love, 135, 164, 173, 174, 179
in Ne le man vostre, 158
and No me poriano, 102, 127
in Onde venite, 202
and “paura,” 156, 257
in Per una ghirlandetta, 127–8
in Quantunque volte, 256–7, 259
and self-pity, 153
in Sì lungiamente, 241–2
in Sonar bracchetti, 105, 127
in Spesse fiate, 144, 153, 154, 156
in Tutti li miei penser, 143, 144–5
in Volgete gli occhi, 110, 111, 127
Cecco d’Ascoli, 296
Chi è questa che vè
n, ch’ogn’om la mira (Cavalcanti), 192, 228–9
chiamare, 257
Chiare, fresche et dolci acque (Petrarch), 26
Christianity: courtly love and, 180–1
martyrology in Lasso, per forza, 288.
See also biblical elements; Jesus Christ
Cicero: De Amicitia, 6, 47, 50–1, 92, 113n45, 116
on friendship, 50–1
Cino da Pistoia: Avegna ched el m’aggia più per tempo, 114n48, 251n121
Dante as
“amicus eius,” 51, 115
in De vulgari eloquentia, 114
in Epistle 3, 134
I’ ho veduto già senza radice and, 108n43
mocked by Onesto degli Onesti, 46
and “novo piacere,” 134; sonnets exchanged with, 4
on soul’s moving from one passion to another, 284
Vedete, donne, bella creatura, 75
Ciò che m’incontra, nella mente more, 149–52
Cavalcantianism of, 149, 152, 154
“colore” in, 185
confortare in, 249
De Robertis and, 25
direct speech in, 150, 208
gabbo in, 149, 154
lover and death in, 149
lover and vision of madonna in, 150
lover’s “earthquakes” in, 153–4
and martyrdom of Stephen in Purgatorio, 151
memory in, 149
mystical / visionary in, 8, 149–51, 209n96
narrating self at centre of, 153; “paura” in, 156
trembling in, 151–2
vision of madonna in, 150
in Vita Nuova, 25, 151, 154
circularity: in Paradiso, 129
in Per una ghirlandetta, 129
coblas capfinidas, 131
Color d’amore e di pietà sembianti, 271–4
aggressiveness of lady in, 307
“colore” in, 185, 271–2
De Robertis and, 25
donna gentile in, 265, 271
erotic parity in, 273
fidelity to dead beloved and, 275
gender equality in love in, 189
grief of lover vs. pity of others in, 278
new love in, 271, 288, 304
pity in, 273–4
prendere in, 271–2
tormented will of poet in, 273–4
Videro gli occhi compared to, 271
in Vita Nuova, 25, 271
colours/“colore”: in Ciò che m’incontra, 185
in Color d’amore, 185, 271–2
colores rhetorici, 272
“colori rettorici” in Vita Nuova, 65
Dante’s use of, 184–5
in Donna pietosa, 185
in Donne ch’avete, 184–5, 271
in Li occhi dolenti, 185
of love, 271–2
in Voi che portate, 185
Com più vi fere Amor co’ suo vincastri, 97–9
Commedia: amico in, 51, 92
animate / inanimate in, 76
Aristotelian time in, 83
Beatrice in, 66, 215