Note 114 — Chapter II · THE ORIGIN OF THE FLORENTINE COMMUNE.82
Linda Villari translation
Petrus f. Mingardole, who, "ad defendendum se de crucifixo," passed through the fire unhurt. Certain historians, unwilling to credit the existence of heresy in Florence at that time, have disputed as to the words de crucifixo, and proposed this reading instead: cum crucifixo or de crimine infixo. But the facsimile of the Codex, published by Prof. Paoli, leaves no doubt on the point.