TY - EJOUR A1 - Brigandì, Ottavio TI - A color scheme in ­Dante’s Purgatorio T2 - Revue des études dantesques 2018, n° 2. varia JO - Revue des études dantesques (ISSN 2556-756X), 2, 2018 DO - 10.15122/isbn.978-2-406-09544-6.p.0111 SN - 2556-756X SP - 111 EP - 164 AB - The author shows the existence of a mnemic structure in Purgatorio, focusing on the very precise distribution of colorful and bright symbols, especially the smeraldo, the purpureus, and the lucerna. Along with the Bible, this symbolic architecture finds its theoretical foundations in the hierarchy of virtues in Macrobius and in the doctrine of the Gifts of the Holy Spirit as according to St. Thomas Aquinas. PY - 2019 DA - 2019/09/18 DP - Classiques Garnier PB - Classiques Garnier CY - Paris KW - Dante Alighieri, medieval literature, theology, symbolism of colors, medieval philosophy, Italian literature LA - ita UR - https://classiques-garnier.com/revue-des-etudes-dantesques-2018-n-2-varia-a-color-scheme-in-dante-s-purgatorio.html Y2 - 2024/07/11 ER -