Commentary Par XV 51 |
That is to say, the words in this 'book' are unchanging, unlike those in human manuscripts, where scribes variously blot, erase, add to, and cross out previous texts. Cf. [Par XVII 37-39]. And see Torraca (DDP Torraca.Par.XV.49-51) for a reflection of this verse in the opening line of Dante's first Eclogue to Giovanni del Virgilio: 'Vidimus in nigris albo patiente lituris...' (In letters black, upon receptive white, I saw...).