Dante, Purgatorio
Buonconte da Montefeltro's Final Tear
Buonconte says those close to him do not care for his condition. Asked why his burial was never known after Campaldino, he recalls reaching the meeting of streams with a wound in his throat. His last speech ends with Mary's name. An angel takes him while a fiend protests that one tear has deprived it of the eternal portion, then turns its anger upon the abandoned body.
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The encounter
LiteraryBuonconte says those close to him do not care for his condition. Asked why his burial was never known after Campaldino, he recalls reaching the meeting of streams with a wound in his throat.
Further detail
LiteraryHis last speech ends with Mary's name. An angel takes him while a fiend protests that one tear has deprived it of the eternal portion, then turns its anger upon the abandoned body.
Context & interpretation
This entry follows the supplied Thompson & Thomas edition of H. F. Cary’s translation. It describes Dante’s literary vision, distinguishing its assignments and reported claims from historical biography, other classical traditions and independently established accounts of an afterlife.
Original passages
Source 1
Purgatory and Paradise: The Vision of Dante
Of Montefeltro I ; Buonconte I : Giovanna nor none else have care for me; Sorrowing with these I therefore go." I thus: " From Campaldino'sOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Purgatory and Paradise, Cary translation; active reader leaf 36
Passage read in the exact edition’s extracted canto text; whitespace-normalised anchor and original-leaf mapping checked. Associated plates separately inspected.
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- IMJ-0119-E001
- Reader page
- IMJ-0119-E001-P0036
- Original scan leaf
- 37
- Recorded leaf number
- 37
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- 33
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Source 2
Purgatory and Paradise: The Vision of Dante
For one poor tear that he deprives me of. But of the other, other rule I make.' " Thou know'st how in the atmosphere collects ThatOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Purgatory and Paradise, Cary translation; active reader leaf 37
Passage read in the exact edition’s extracted canto text; whitespace-normalised anchor and original-leaf mapping checked. Associated plates separately inspected.
- Edition
- IMJ-0119-E001
- Reader page
- IMJ-0119-E001-P0037
- Original scan leaf
- 38
- Recorded leaf number
- 38
- Current Reader position
- 34
- Reader verification
- Source-preserving update confirmed
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