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In the transition stanzaStanze, vv. 10–12, DanteDante changes from the historical aspect to the eternal, from Mary’s accomplishments to her virtues; he opposes what she is in Heaven (with regard to questo fiore, the result of the historical accomplishments) to what she is on earth. The images, especially meridiana face, are inspired by Saint Bernard’s interpretation of the Song of Songs.74

The two stanzas dealing with Mary’s actual and lasting function as mediatress and dispenser of grace (vv. 13–18) are introduced by a gradual movement (sei tanto grande e tanto vali che …) comparable to that of v. 4; it connects her power with its origin: invenisti gratiam (Luke 1, 30);75 she is, as Saint Bernard says, the aqueduct which conveys divine grace from its fountain to mankind.76 The second stanzaStanze, which emphasizes her benignity in frequently anticipating the entreaty of the distressed, contains probably an allusion to DanteDante’s own case (Inferno, II, 94–96).77

The enumeration of her virtues which ends the eulogy stresses misericordiamisericordia (towards mankind), pietaspietas (towards both God and mankind, see our note 74), and magnificenzamagnificenza: una virtù che fa compiere l’ardue e nobili cose.78 The final résumé repeats and comments upon the words più che creatura of v. 2; the Virgin is still a creature, but all goodness which may be contained in a creature is contained in her: Excellentissima quadam sublimitate prae ceteris omnibus excedit et supergreditur creaturis, says Saint Bernard.79