1. "_che lo glorifico_." In the Piazza dei Signori, you will find an
inscription which translates thus:
"It is here Can Grande della Scala gave welcome to Dante Alighieri, the
_same which glorified him_, dedicating to him that third his song
eternal."
"C.G. vi accolse D.A. che lo
glorifico dedicandogli la terza,
delle eterne sue cantiche."
2. Ref. Richard of St. Victor. "On the preparation of the soul for
contemplation," where he distinguishes between cogitation, meditation,
and contemplation.
In cogitation the thought or attention flits aimlessly about the
subject.
In meditation it circles round it, that is, it views it systematically,
from all sides, gaining perspective.
In contemplation it radiates from a centre, that is, as light from the
sun it reaches out in an infinite number of ways to things that are
related to or dependent on it.
The words above are my own, as I have not the Benjamin Minor by me.
Following St. Victor's figure of radiation: Poetry in its acme is
expression from contemplation.
3. San Pietro Incarnato. There are several rows of houses intervening
between it and the river.