Dante, Purgatory and Paradise
Dominic in Dante’s Praise
The heavenly account names Dominic as a labourer chosen by Christ for his garden. It portrays his learning as a search for true nourishment rather than the worldly rewards sought by other students. His teaching becomes a torrent whose branches water the garden. The speaker joins this praise to criticism of later followers who abandon the original track.
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Principal account
LiteraryThe heavenly account names Dominic as a labourer chosen by Christ for his garden. It portrays his learning as a search for true nourishment rather than the worldly rewards sought by other students.
Further detail
LiteraryHis teaching becomes a torrent whose branches water the garden. The speaker joins this praise to criticism of later followers who abandon the original track.
Context & interpretation
This entry follows Cary’s translation of Dante’s poem. The entry concerns the praise in Paradise XII and its criticism of later practice; it is not a neutral survey of Dominican history. Its people and places are presented within the literary vision, with the historical or theological subject distinguished from the role Dante assigns it.
Original passages
Source 1
Purgatory and Paradise: The Vision of Dante
him DominicOpen this page in the book
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Purgatory and Paradise: The Vision of Dante
Thence many rivulets have since been turnOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Dante, Purgatory and Paradise; active reader leaf 265
Exact passage checked against active scan text and original-leaf mapping; scan line breaks normalised.
- Edition
- IMJ-0119-E001
- Reader page
- IMJ-0119-E001-P0265
- Original scan leaf
- 266
- Recorded leaf number
- 266
- Current Reader position
- 262
- Reader verification
- Source-preserving update confirmed
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