• That part of the Alps in which the Brenta rises. ↩
• The reading la mia seems preferable to la mano , and is justified by line 45. ↩

• Brunetto Latini, Dante’s friend and teacher. Villani thus speaks of him, Cronica , VIII 10:⁠— “In this year 1294 died in Florence a worthy citizen, whose name was Ser Brunetto Latini, who was a great philosopher and perfect master of rhetoric, both in speaking and in writing.