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Visual perception in Dante’s Commedia according to the early commentaries (1320–1400)

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2024
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Galli, F. (2024). Visual perception in Dante’s Commedia according to the early commentaries (1320–1400). In C. Panti & M. Piccolino (Eds.), Dante’s visions crossing sights on natural philosophy: theory of vision, and medicine in the Divine Comedy and beyond (pp. 126–148). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003412601-8

Abstract

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Abstract

The acknowledgment of the prominence of sight and light in Dante’s Commedia, alongside extensive scholarly attention to the poet’s scientific expertise, sources, influences, and vivid similes, highlights a noteworthy area awaiting exploration: the engagement of Dante’s early commentators with the optical content within the text. Insights into their competences, albeit not necessarily reflective of common readers, and an analysis of how they clarify, comment on, elaborate, or overlook specific verses, significantly enrich our understan

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  • Panti, Cecilia
  • Piccolino, Marco

Title of Book

Title of Book

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Dante’s visions crossing sights on natural philosophy: theory of vision, and medicine in the Divine Comedy and beyond

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London

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126

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148

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Keywords

Medieval Optics, Dante Alighieri, Trecento Commentaries on Commedia, Light, perspectiva

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English

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2024-12-04

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2024-12-20

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Global perspectives on the history of natural philosophy

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9781032535562

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The funder of the Open Access version of this chapter is Swiss National Science Foundation

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Galli, F. (2024). Visual perception in Dante’s Commedia according to the early commentaries (1320–1400). In C. Panti & M. Piccolino (Eds.), Dante’s visions crossing sights on natural philosophy: theory of vision, and medicine in the Divine Comedy and beyond (pp. 126–148). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003412601-8

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