“Giovanni Villani ( Lib. VI Ch. 92) gives an account of a remarkable comet which preceded the birth of Dante by nine months, and lasted three, from July to October.⁠ ⁠… This marvellous meteor, much more worthy of notice than Donna Bella’s dream related by Boccaccio, has not hitherto found its way into the biography of the poet.”

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The Heaven of the Fixed Stars. Of the symbolism of this heaven, Dante, Convito , II 15, says:⁠—