• The rapidity of the motion of the spirits, as well as their brightness, is in proportion to their vision of God. Compare Canto XIV 40:⁠— “Its brightness is proportioned to the ardor, The ardor to the vision; and the vision Equals what grace it has above its worth.” ↩
• Made visible by mist and cloud-rack. ↩
• Their motion originates in the Primum Mobile, whose Regents, or Intelligences, are the Seraphim. ↩
• The Regents, or Intelligences, of Venus are the Principalities. ↩