The First Mover - and Motion

A look at Sordello's most famous Poem, and how Dante draws inspiration from it in his description of the Valley of Princes in Canto VII of the Purgatory.Enjoy!

Brief reflection on the third terrace in Purgatory.  Thanks for listening!

In Canto 29 of Paradiso Dante describes the when, where and why of the Creation of Angels. Full essay is here: https://dantescomedy.com/the-creation-of-the-angels Enjoy!

In just seven tercets, Dante inverts the model of the Universe from the material to the conceptual, and describes the origin and source of Motion and Time itself. Enjoy!

From the 8th sphere in Paradiso! The essay is here: https://dantescomedy.com/the-examination-of-virtues-for-the-pilgrim Enjoy!

How Dante connects Seraphims and Cherubims with the Franciscan and Dominican Orders, as two major defining elements of the Divine and Theology itself, in the sphere of the Sun.

The moment when the Poem is born. From John Ciardi's translation of the Divine Comedy.

A suggestion for interpreting the number "515" at the end of Purgatory. From dantescomedy.com

Highlights and reflections on Chapter 5.

Looking at the great translation of the Divine Comedy by John D. Sinclair from the 1940s.