Where is brunetto latini in dantes inferno

However, the relationship in the Comedy that most reflects this link to the poetic tradition is that of Dante and Virgil.

On the final page of Strozziano , an illustration depicts Brunetto Latini upon a horse, pointing towards a model of the earth, which is surrounded by the sea, then air, then fire. Brunetto and Ptolomey. Strozziano Baldwin, Spurgeon and Paul Barrette. New York: Garland Publishing, Inc. Giola, Marco. Verona: QuiEdit di S. Holloway, Julia Bolton.

New York: Grand Publishing, Inc. Inglese, Giorgio. Kay, Richard. Mazzoni, Francesco. Roux, Brigitte. Please read the Duke Wordpress Policies. Contact the Duke WordPress team. Dante's Library. He was encountered in the circle of Violence among the Abominable Sands. He suffers in the seventh circle of Hell for the sin of sodomy. Brunetto Latini, or Burnecto Latino , was a Florentine philosopher and statesman. He was greatly renown for his orations and his writings, taking influence and inspiration from the rhetorician Cicero.

Returning from a diplomatic mission to Castile in Spain, he learned of the defeat of the Guelphs in Italy and went into exile in France. In Latini came back to his native Tuscany, and continued to rise in fame and position in Florence.

He was praised widely for his prose and poetic works, including his translations of Roman rhetoric works and creation of modern encyclopaedic works. At some point in his life, Latini became the guardian to the historic Dante Alighieri upon the death of his parents. The two reportedly shared a strong and loving bond, with Latini introducing Dante to Cicero's writings and various others.

Latini died in , leaving behind one daughter, Bianca Latini.