Table

Vanni Fucci

Agnello & Cianfa

Buoso & Francesco

(XXIV.97–120)

(XXV.49–78)

(XXV.79–141)

serpent bites neck and shoulders from rear

six-footed serpent bites head from in front

four-footed serpent bites belly from front

burns to ashes and returns in same nature immediately

turns into a new creature of shared nature

exchange their natures

resurrection

mutation

transmutation

three comparisons:
o/i
phoenix
epileptic

three comparisons:
ivy on tree
hot waxes blending
burning parchment

three comparisons:
lizard in path
man in sleep/fever
snail's horns

Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theol. II, II, q. 66, a. 6: on aggravated theft, cited by Filomusi Guelfi (Filo.1911.1), pp. 199-206:

Sacrilegio: theft of church property

Peculato: theft of goods commonly held

Plagio: theft from fellow men