Commentary Par XI 111

Veglia (Vegl.2000.1), pp. 94-95, points out that there is a Franciscan sort of magnanimity that is seen by Dante precisely as pusillo (meek), as St. Thomas also believed (ST II-II, q. 129, a. 3).  Veglia might have referred to Scott's book (Scot.1977.1), which is a careful study of various forms of magnanimity in Dante.  However, reversing a recent trend in Italian Dante scholarship, which is to pay attention to the work of foreign scholars, with the exception of E.G. Gardner's book (Gard.1913.1), Veglia does not mention in his 60 footnotes any work written in English (nor, with the exception of several French pieces, anyone who does not write in Italian).