[705] Conv. II. vii. 88-100.

[706] De Mon. III. iv. 139, 140.

[707] Par. xvii. 76-78.

[708] Par. xviii. 115-117.

[709] Par. xxi. 13-15.

[710] Par. i. 40-42; Canz. xv. 41.

[711] Par. xxii. 112-117. The Ottimo, commenting this passage, says that Gemini “is the house of Mercury, who signifies, according to the astrologers, literature, science, and learning. And in this direction it disposes those who are born when it is in the ascendant, and more powerfully if the sun is in it.”

[712] Inf. xv. 55.

[713] Conv. II. xiv. 170-180.

[714] Inf. xxiv. 145-150.