Commentary Purg XXVIII 136

Chiamenti (Chia.1999.2), pp. 214-15, citing Lewis and Short's Latin Dictionary, argues for the classical Latin meaning for the word 'corollary' here, a present or gratuity (e.g., a gift of money offered in exchange for a garland of flowers), as filtered through Old French poems describing ladies in gardens.  While we have left the term intact in our translation, we agree with Chiamenti's inclination to read it in the floral tradition of Romance poems, since the whole passage is so redolent of such scenes.