“Many, when she had passed, said, ‘This is not a woman, rather is she one of the most beautiful angels of heaven.’ Others said, ‘She is a miracle. Blessed be the Lord, who can perform such a marvel!’ ”

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The change from the red light of Mars to the white light of Jupiter. “This planet,” says Brunetto Latini, Tresor , I Ch. CXI , “is gentle and piteous, and full of all good things.” Of its symbolism Dante, Convito , II 14, says:⁠—