• Psalm 92:4:⁠— “For thou, Lord, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands.” ↩
• Canto XXI 46:⁠— “Because that neither rain, nor hail, nor snow, Nor dew, nor hoar-frost any higher falls Than the short, little stairway of three steps.” ↩
• Only six hours, according to Adam’s own account in Paradiso XXI 139:⁠— “Upon the mount which highest o’er the wave Rises was I, with life or pure or sinful, From the first hour to that which is the second, As the sun changes quadrant, to the sixth.” ↩
• Above the gate described in Canto IX . ↩
• Virgil and Statius smile at this allusion to the dreams of poets. ↩
• The Terrestrial Paradise and the Apocalyptic Procession of the Church Triumphant. ↩
• Psalm 32:1:⁠— “Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.” ↩
• Counted together, their steps were not a hundred in all. ↩