Commentary Inf VIII 97-99

In their commentary (DDP Casini.Inf.VIII.97) Casini/Barbi insist that, on the model of several biblical passages (e.g., the just man who falls seven times, rising again each time, of Proverbs 24:16), the 'seven times' is to be taken as indeterminate. They go on to list eight times that Virgil has come to Dante's aid: [Inf I 49], [Inf II 130], [Inf III 94], [Inf V 21], [Inf VI 22], [Inf VII 8], [Inf VIII 19], [Inf VIII 41].