Dante and the early astronomers

by M. A. Orr

[371] “Blazing brilliantly like comets.” Par. xxiv. 12.

[372] Inf. xxviii. 16-17; Purg. iii. 112-132.

[373] V. E. II. vi. 48.

[374] “I, who saw it clearly.”

[375] Naturales Quæstiones, Bk. I.

[376] Conv. II. xiv. 168-171, and Purg. v. 37.

[377] Par. xv. 16-18.

[378] “Some ignorant people think that they are stars which fall from heaven and vanish.” Comp. del Mondo, VII. v.

[379] “Early in the night.”

[380] “Midnight.” Purg. v. 38.