Note 30 — INTRODUCTION
Reading edition
For reference in more detailed study of mediæval forms, this tentative classification of the Decameron may be tabulated as follows:—
anecdote 55
(a) simple anecdote 34
I, all but nov. 4; III, nov. 4; V, nov. 4; VI, entire; VIII, all but nov. 7 & 8; IX, nov. 1 & 7–10.
(b) anecdote more artistically elaborated 21
III, nov. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6; V, nov. 10; VII, entire; VIII, nov. 7; IX, nov. 2–5.
scenario or summary romance 40
II, nov. 3–10; III, nov. 7–10; IV, entire; V, all but nov. 4 & 10; X, entire.
approaching short story 3
I, nov. 4; II, nov. 1; VIII, nov. 8.
short story 2
II, nov. 2; IX, nov. 6.
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