• Muhammad. Revelation 12:3:⁠— “And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and, behold, a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth.” ↩
• These seven heads, say the Ottimo and others, “denote the seven deadly sins.” But Biagioli, following Buti, says:⁠— “There is no doubt that these heads and the horns represent the same that we have said in Canto XIX of the Inferno ; namely, the ten horns, the Ten Commandments of God; and the seven heads, the Seven Sacraments of the Church.” Never was there a wider difference of interpretation. The context certainly favors the first. ↩
• Pope Boniface the Eighth. ↩
• Philip the Fourth of France. For his character see note 908 . ↩
• This alludes to the maltreatment of Boniface by the troops of Philip at Alagna. See note 87 . ↩