CONTENTS
I. The Shores of Purgatory. The Four Stars. Cato of Utica.
The Rush. / 1
II. The Celestial Pilot. Casella. The Departure. / 8
III. Discourse on the Limits of Reason.
The Foot of the Mountain.
Those who died in Contumacy of Holy Church.
Manfredi. / 14
IV. Farther Ascent. Nature of the Mountain.
The Negligent, who postponed Repentance till the last Hour.
Belacqua. / 21
V. Those who died by Violence, but repentant.
Buonconte di Monfeltro. La Pia. / 28
VI. Dante‘s Inquiry on Prayers for the Dead.
Sordello. Italy. / 36
VII. The Valley of Flowers. Negligent Princes. / 41
VIII. The Guardian Angels and the Serpent. Nino di Gallura.
The Three Stars. Currado Malaspina. / 48
IX. Dante’s Dream of the Eagle.
The Gate of Purgatory and the Angel.
Seven P‘s. The Keys. / 55
X. The Needle’s Eye. The First Circle: The Proud.
The Sculptures on the Wall. / 62
XI. The Humble Prayer. Omberto di Santafiore.
Oderisi d‘ Agobbio. Provenzan Salvani. / 68 XII. The Sculptures on the Pavement.
Ascent to the Second Circle. / 74
XIII. The Second Circle: The Envious. Sapia of Siena. / 80
XIV. Guido del Duca and Renier da Calboli.
Cities of the Arno Valley.
Denunciation of Stubbornness. / 88
XV. The Third Circle: The Irascible. Dante’s Visions.
The Smoke. / 93
XVI. Marco Lombardo.
Lament over the State of the World. / 99
XVII. Dante‘s Dream of Anger.
The Fourth Circle: The Slothful.
Virgil’s Discourse of Love. / 106
XVIII. Virgil further discourses of Love and Free Will.
The Abbot of San Zeno. / 113
XIX. Dantes Dream of the Siren.
The Fifth Circle: The Avaricious and Prodigal.
Pope Adrian V. / 119
XX. Hugh Capet. Corruption of the French Crown.
Prophecy of the Abduction of Pope Boniface VIII and
the Sacrilege of Philip the Fair. The Earthquake. / 125