Introduction
This selection comes from from Book IV chapter 23 of Fazio degli Uberti's
long didactic work in terza rime,
Il
Dittamondo
. It is one of two passages chosen by DGR for translation
from Fazio's work. DGR's source text was the
1826
Milano edition edited by Vincenzo Monti.
For further commentary see the
editorial notes for DGR's translation of
this selection from the
Dittamondo
.