Note 234 — SECOND PART. The Astronomy of Dante.
Reading edition
Comparing Conv. II. ii. 12, xiii. 49-52, and IV. i. 60-62, we learn that in August 1293 (vide infra, p. 314), Dante first became acquainted with the Lady Philosophy; that in the early part of 1296 he was completely under her spell; and that some time afterwards she for a while estranged herself from him.