Agnello Brunelleschi, Buoso degli Abati, and Puccio Sciancato. ↩

The story of Cacus, which Virgil was telling. ↩

Cianfa Donati, a Florentine nobleman. He appears immediately, as a serpent with six feet, and fastens upon Agnello Brunelleschi. ↩

Some commentators contend that in this line papiro does not mean paper, but a lamp-wick made of papyrus. This destroys the beauty and aptness of the image, and rather degrades