[27] Op. cit., I, p. 308.
[28] La Sculpture Florentine, Alinari, 1897, p. 152.
[29] Vasari, II, p. 515.
[30] Par., Canto XXXI (Carey's translation).
[31] Par., Canto XXX (Carey's translation).
[32] The caròla was a kind of sacred dance, in which the dancers holding hands move in a circle, singing as they go. It was supposed to be the dance of Paradise.—(Translator's note.)
[33] Translation:
In Paradise that garden lies Where love divine eternal shines, And holy Saints carolas weave, Their souls inflamed with sacred love.
The Saints in that bright joyous ring, With Angels fair of all degrees, Before the Bridegroom graceful move And weave the dance of sacred love.
Those heavenly courts are full of grace, With love immeasurable filled, All in the dance angelic move Inspired by their sweet Saviour's love.