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Islam and the Divine comedy

Note 192 — PART II THE DIVINE COMEDY COMPARED WITH OTHER MOSLEM LEGENDS ON THE AFTER-LIFE

Harold Sunderland translation

Inf. V, 89: “l’aer perso.” In Convivio, IV, 20, Dante himself gives a definition: “Perso è un colore misto di purpureo e di nero, ma vince il nero e da lui si denomina.”

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