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The Divine Comedy, Volume 2, Purgatory

Note 1 — CANTO IV.

Charles Eliot Norton translation

Belacqua, according to Benvenuto da Imola, was a Florentine, a maker of citherns and other musical instruments; he carved with great care the necks and heads of his citherns, and sometimes he played on them. Dante, because of his love of music, had been well acquainted with him.

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