Dante, Purgatory and Paradise
Manfredi in Purgatory
The shade identifies himself as Manfredi and asks Dante to carry a corrected account to his daughter. He displays a wound and speaks of turning towards forgiveness when his body was shattered by mortal blows. He acknowledges grievous sins but describes divine goodness as wide enough to receive those who turn to it. The account places final repentance above the hostile earthly story told about his fate.
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Principal account
LiteraryThe shade identifies himself as Manfredi and asks Dante to carry a corrected account to his daughter. He displays a wound and speaks of turning towards forgiveness when his body was shattered by mortal blows.
Further detail
LiteraryHe acknowledges grievous sins but describes divine goodness as wide enough to receive those who turn to it. The account places final repentance above the hostile earthly story told about his fate.
Context & interpretation
This entry follows Cary’s translation of Dante’s poem. The quotation preserves the scan’s OCR spelling; the entry attributes the death and repentance account to Dante’s shade rather than treating it as a complete historical biography. 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
I am ManfrediOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Dante, Purgatory and Paradise; active reader leaf 24
Exact passage checked against active scan text and original-leaf mapping; scan line breaks normalised.
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- IMJ-0119-E001
- Reader page
- IMJ-0119-E001-P0024
- Original scan leaf
- 25
- Recorded leaf number
- 25
- Current Reader position
- 21
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Source 2
Purgatory and Paradise: The Vision of Dante
goodness infiniteOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Dante, Purgatory and Paradise; active reader leaf 24
Exact passage checked against active scan text and original-leaf mapping; scan line breaks normalised.
- Edition
- IMJ-0119-E001
- Reader page
- IMJ-0119-E001-P0024
- Original scan leaf
- 25
- Recorded leaf number
- 25
- Current Reader position
- 21
- Reader verification
- Source-preserving update confirmed
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