L ' I N F E R N O

PLACE CHARACTERS
MIDDLE
EAST
V
- Voice only
no voice
RAHAB
Prostitute who helped Joshua’s spies at
Jericho; identified by scarlet thread
SOLOMON (970-928 BC) King of Israel
Seal: six-pointed star.
ST PETER ( -64 OR -69)
b. Bethsaida on Sea of Galilee.
Aramaic with Greek influences etc.
Tall and well-built; short, bushy beard.
ST JAMES ( -44) elder brother of St.John.
fiery temperament (Boanerges – thunderer)
Aramaic, Hebrew with Greek influences (Latin).
Broad-brimmed hat
ST JOHN ( -55+)
fiery temperament (Boanerges – thunderer)
Aramaic with Greek influences etc
Younger than James - nothing else.
NETHER-
LANDS
BRABANT SIGIER (SIGER) OF BRABANT ( -1283?)
Averroist professor at University of Paris.
Assassinated.
PHOENICIA
CARTHAGE OR
TYRE
PORTUGAL
BRACARA
(BRAGA)
PROVENCE
V DIDO
Mythical about 30 years old?
OROSIUS (380?-418+)
Latin. Supporter of St Augustine
From Bertrand de Born:
Non posc mudar c’un cantar non exparia
I cannot refrain from sending forth my song
FOLCO (FOLQUET) (1159-1231)
family from GENOA b. MARSEILLES, left at 25
SORDELLO (1200-1269+)
(b GOTTO nr MANTUA; fled to Provence when
about 29) but Mantua being on the borders of
Cremona, Brescia and Verona… abandoned the
vernacular of his home town not only when
writing poetry but on every other occasion.
RIBÉRAC? V ARNAUT DANIEL (fl 1180-1200)
/ EUTERPE
SERBIA
JUSTINIAN (C 482-565)
Byzantine Emperor of Romanized Illyrian stock.
Native language: Latin
PARADISO PICTURES: 37
FIRST
SEEN / HEARD
INF C4 22
INF C29 12
INF C29 34
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INF C5 102
FIRST
SEEN / HEARD
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25
FIRST
SEEN / HEARD
PAR C9 115
PAR C10 110
PAR C24 28
PAR C25 37
PAR C26 8
PAR C10 136
PAR C10 118
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PAR C9 82
- PUR C7 1 -
- PUR C26 140
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