The Warburg Institute, UCL and the Italian Cultural Institute, London present:
From Devilry to Divinit y
Readings in the Divina Commedia
Alessandro Scafi, John Took and Tabitha Tuckett
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The Italian Cultural Institute
38 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8NX :
3 introductory events. Monday 6.30 pm.
Free event Booking essential:
www.icilondon.esteri.it
Autumn Term 2013
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The Warburg Institute
Woburn Square, London WC1H 0AB
Autumn and Spring term, 8 sessions each term;
Tuesday lunch time. 1.00-2.15 pm.
Free to Warburg and UCL staff and students
and open to members of other colleges and
general public. Fees: 80 GBP per term.
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After reading Dante in Italian, with English
translation, visual and verbal commentary,
there will be time for informal and informed
discussion inspired by the text, with the
opportunity to view rare and early editions
from the Dante Collection of UCL Library
Special Collections.
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Woburn Square, London WC1H 0AB
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8 October. Warburg Institute 1.00 pm
Inferno, Canto I. The dark wood and wild animals.
The appearance of Virgil.
14 October. Italian Cultural Institute 6.30 pm
Introduction: Dante’s life and works; Dante’s
universe.
15 October. Warburg Institute 1.00 pm
Inferno, Canto V. Punishment of the lustful. Paolo
and Francesca.
22 October. Warburg Institute 1.00 pm
Inferno, Canto XIII. Punishment of suicides.
29 October. Warburg Institute 1.00 pm
Inferno, Canto XXVI and XXVII. Punishment of
evil counsellors. Ulysses; Guido da Montefeltro.
5 November. Warburg Institute 1.00 pm
Inferno, Canto XXXIII. Count Ugolino. Canto
XXXIV. Centre of Hell. Lucifer.
18 November. Italian Cultural Institute 6.30 pm
Introduction: From Hell to Purgatory.
19 November.Warburg Institute 1.00 pm
Purgatorio, Canto XVI.58-105; Canto XVII.91105; Canto XVIII.13-75. The moral structure of
Purgatory; the nature of love and its relation to free
will.
26 November. Warburg Institute 1.00 pm
Purgatorio, Canto I; Canto II.106-132. Dante and
Virgil emerge from the abyss of Hell on the shore of
Mount Purgatory. Cato. The ritual of purification.
Casella.
Spring Term 2014
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7 January. Warburg Institute 1.00 pm Purgatorio,
Canto X.1-45. Canto XI.1-117. The First
Cornice: the proud. The Lord’s Prayer; Omberto
Aldobrandeschi; Oderisi da Gubbio.
14 January. Warburg Institute 1.00 pm
Purgatorio, Canto XXX. Appearance of Beatrice
on the chariot of the Church
21 January. Warburg Institute 1.00 pm
Purgatorio, Canto XXXIII. Beatrice prophesies
the advent of a champion sent from God to deliver
Church and Empire. The final ritual of Dante’s
spiritual cleansing.
27 January. Italian Cultural Institute 6.30 pm
Introduction: Paradise.
28 January. Warburg Institute 1.00 pm Paradiso,
Canto I. Ascent to the heaven of fire.
4 February. Warburg Institute 1.00 pm Paradiso,
Canto III. Heaven of the moon. Piccarda Donati
18 February. Paradiso, Canto XI.Thomas
Aquinas. Francis of Assisi.
25 February. Warburg Institute 1.00 pm
Paradiso, Canto XVII. Heaven of Mars.
Cacciaguida.
4 March 2014. Warburg Institute 1.00 pm
Paradiso, Canto XXXIII. The Empyrean. The
vision of the Trinity.