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Reflections on Paradiso

Posted on July 17, 2021 by Richard Emerson

Reading the Paradiso for the third, and now fourth time, has been a fully different experience from the first journey through the spheres up to the Empyrean. The narrative seems even less structured than in the other two books, which … Continue reading →

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Weekly updates!

Posted on January 10, 2021 by admin

New post for our beloved Patrons ??? is up! https://www.patreon.com/posts/purgatory-46031164

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Istituto Michelangelo in Florence!

Posted on January 9, 2021 by admin

New contacts are forming in our former home city of Florence! We might join some conversation groups for Italian Literature here this winter ? https://www.michelangelo-edu.it

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Vita Nuova – Poems

Posted on August 8, 2020 by admin

After Dante wrote the famous Poem called “Ladies who have intelligence of love”/”Donne ch’avete intelletto d’amore” – which he is also referencing in the Purgatory XXIV: But, tell me, do I not see standing here him who brought forth the … Continue reading →

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Dante’s Vita Nuova!

Posted on August 4, 2020 by admin

After a full year of podcasting the Divine Comedy, we’ve now started on an earlier work of Dante – the “Vita Nuova” (New Life/Young Life)! And in the very opening chapters – Dante is describing the vision that came to … Continue reading →

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Confirmation of the Rule, by Ghirlandaio

Posted on June 24, 2020 by admin

This painting in the Sassetti Chapel in Santa Trinita in Florence is a very important and historical one – showing Florence and the Medici Family symbolically replacing Rome as the main City of Culture and Glory at the time! Confirmation … Continue reading →

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