Gemma Donati

(1340 fl.)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Donati, Gemma fl.ca. 1267-1340 LBT ID: GeDonat1285 VIAF ID: 32819172
SOURCES: Wikipedia; Virtual International Authority File
She married the poet Dante in 1285 but is nowhere mentioned in his works.
REFERENCES TO Gemma Donati: Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852, Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830) Life of Byron: 1816 (I) Found 1: ¶ 22 [Charles Webb Le Bas], “Life of Lord Byron” in British Critic 4th Series 9 (April 1831) 257-324 Found 1: ¶ 107 Medwin, Thomas, 1788-1869, The Life of Percy Bysshe Shelley (London: Thomas Cautley Newby, 1847) Death of Harriet Found 1: ¶ 15 Lovelace, Ralph Milbanke, Earl of, 1839-1906, Astarte: a Fragment of Truth concerning George Gordon Byron, sixth Lord Byron (London: Christophers, 1921) VI. Lady Byron’s Policy of Silence Found 1: ¶ 42