True. And I support the "don't give him back" group. Not after the way they
treated him. Although HE always longed to be back in Florence. But I guess
after you're dead it's no longer in your hands, is it! Yet, there are lots
of Florentines in Hell aren't there?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dr. James S. Grubb [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 1999 1:50 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Italy Library Finds Dante Ashes
>
>
> Once again the Florentines have been trying to get Dante's body
> (or ashes thereof) back from Ravenna! I have heard tell that they've been
> trying to get the body back since the Renaissance but -- having exiled him
> in the first place -- haven't been greeted with much sympathy. And note
> that it was a Pazzi (arch-Florentine surname) that did the deed.
>
> James Grubb
> UMBC
>
> On Tue, 20 Jul 1999, COLASACCO, ROBERT wrote:
> >
> > Italy Library Finds Dante Ashes
> >
> > Italy Library Finds Dante Ashes
> > FLORENCE, Italy (AP) _ Workers reorganizing the bookshelves
> at a
> > library in Florence found a sack of dust from the tomb of Dante on
> > Monday, 70 years after librarians mislaid it.
> > The sack held ashes scooped from the poet's tomb at Ravenna
> > during commemorations in 1865, the 600th anniversary of the birth
> > of the Florentine poet.
> > ``The powder within was taken from the carpet on which
> reposed
> > the casket and the bones of Dante Alighieri,'' a weathered,
> > notorized document with the ashes attests.
>
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