ILLUSTRATIONS
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Traditional Portraits of Boccaccio and Fiammetta (Maria d'Aquino) Frontispiece
From the frescoes in the Spanish Chapel at S. Maria Novella, Florence. Photogravure.
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The Burning of the Master of the Temple6
From a miniature in the French version of the De Casibus Virorum, made in 1409 by Laurent le Premierfait. MS. late XV century. (Brit. Mus. Showcase V, MS. 126.)
Casa di Boccaccio, Corbignano, near Florence12
King Robert of Naples crowned by S. Louis of Toulouse18
From the fresco by Simone Martini in S. Lorenzo, Naples.
Pope Joan24
A woodcut from the De Claris Mulieribus. (Berne, 1539.) (By the courtesy of Messrs. J. and J. Leighton.)
Lucrece30
A woodcut from De Claris Mulieribus. (Berne, 1539.) (By the courtesy of Messrs. J. and J. Leighton.)
Boccaccio and Mainardi Cavalcanti36
By the Dutch engraver called "The Master of the Subjects in the Boccaccio." De Casibus Virorum. (Strasburg, 1476.)
Sapor mounting over the prostrate Valerian42
By the Dutch engraver called "The Master of the Subjects in the Boccaccio." De Casibus Virorum. (Strasburg, 1476.)
Manlius thrown into the Tiber48
By the Dutch engraver called "The Master of the Subjects in the Boccaccio." De Casibus Virorum. (Strasburg, 1476.)
Allegory of Wealth and Poverty54
From a miniature in the French version of the De Casibus Virorum, made in 1409 by Laurent le Premierfait. MS. late XV century. (Brit. Mus. Rothschild Bequest. MS. XII.)
The Murder of the Emperor and Empress62
From a miniature in the French version of the De Casibus Virorum, made in 1409 by Laurent le Premierfait. MS. late XV century. (Brit. Mus. Showcase V, MS. 126.)
A Woodcut from Des Nobles Malheureux (De Casibus Virorum). Paris, 151568
This cut originally appears in the Troy Book. (T. Bonhomme, Paris, 1484.) Unique copy at Dresden. (By the courtesy of Messrs. J. and J. Leighton.)
Marcus Manlius hurled from the Tarpeian Rock74
An English woodcut from Lydgate's Falles of Princes. (Pynson, London, 1527.) It is a copy in reverse from the French translation of the De Casibus. (Du Pré, Paris, 1483.) (By the courtesy of Messrs. J. and J. Leighton.)
The Title of the Nobles Malheureux (De Casibus). Paris, 153880
(By the Courtesy of Messrs. J. and J. Leighton.)
Frontispiece of the Decameron. Venice, 149286
Chapter Heading from the Decameron. Venice, 149292
the Theft of Calandrino's Pig (Dec., viii, 6)98
Ghino and the Abbot (Dec., x, 2)98
Woodcuts from the Decameron. (Venice, 1492.)
The Duke of Athens104
The Execution of Filippa la Catanese104
From miniatures in the French version of the De Casibus Virorum, made in 1409 by Laurent le Premierfait. Ms. Late XV century. (Brit. Mus. Rothschild Bequest. Ms. XII.)
Cimon and Iphigenia (Dec., v, 1)110
From a miniature in the French version of the Decameron, made in 1414 by Laurent le Premierfait. MS. late XV century. (Brit. Mus. Rothschild Bequest. MS. XIII.)
Gulfardo and Guasparruolo (Dec., viii, 1)116
From a miniature in the French version of the Decameron, made in 1414 by Laurent le Premierfait. MS. late XV century. (Brit. Museum. Rothschild Bequest, MS. XIV.)
Madonna Francesca and her Lovers (Dec., ix, 1)124
From a miniature in the French version of the Decameron, made in 1414 by Laurent le Premierfait. MS. late XV century. (Brit. Mus. Rothschild Bequest. MS. XIV.)
The Knight who thought himself ill-rewarded (Dec., x, 1)132
From a miniature in the French version of the Decameron, made in 1414 by Laurent le Premierfait. MS. late XV century. (Brit. Mus. Rothschild Bequest. MS. XIV.)
The Story of Griselda (Dec., x, 10)138
From the picture by Pesellino in the Morelli Gallery at Bergamo.
The Story of Griselda (Dec., x, 10)146
i. The Marquis of Saluzzo, while out hunting, meets with Griselda, a peasant girl, and falls in love; he clothes her in fine things. From the picture in the National Gallery by (?) Bernardino Fungai.
The Story of Griselda (Dec., x, 10)152
ii. Her two children are taken from her, she is divorced, stripped, and sent back to her father's house. From the picture in the National Gallery by (?) Bernardino Fungai.
The Story of Griselda (Dec., x, 10)158
iii. A banquet is prepared for the new bride; Griselda is sent for to serve, but is reinstated in her husband's affections and finds her children. From the picture in the National Gallery by (?) Bernardino Fungai.
The Palace of the Popes at Avignon164
Masetto and the Nuns (Dec., iii, 1)174
In 1538 this woodcut appears in Tansillo's Stanze. (By the courtesy of Messrs. J. and J. Leighton.)
Masetto and the Nuns (Dec., iii, 1)174
A woodcut from Le Cento Novelle in ottava rima. (Venice, 1554.) (By the courtesy of Messrs. J. and J. Leighton.)
Monna Tessa Exorcising the Devil. (Dec., vii, 1)184
A woodcut from the Decameron. (Venice, 1525.)
Monna Tessa Exorcising the Devil. (Dec., vii, 1)184
Appeared in Sansovino's Le Cento Novelle (Venice, 1571.) (By the courtesy of Messrs. J. and J. Leighton.)
A Woodcut from the Decameron. (Strasburg, 1535)194
(By the courtesy of Messrs. J. and J. Leighton.)
Title of the Spanish Translation of the Decameron (Valladolid, 1539)204
(By the courtesy of Messrs. J. and J. Leighton.)
A Woodcut from the Decameron (Venice, 1602.) Title to Day V214
(By the courtesy of Messrs. J. and J. Leighton.)
Petrarch and Boccaccio Discussing224
From a miniature in the French version of the De Casibus Virorum, made in 1409 by Laurent le Premierfait. MS. late XV century. (Brit. Mus. Showcase V, MS. 126.)
Pompeia, Paulina, and Seneca230
A woodcut from the De Claris Mulieribus (Ulm, 1473), cap. 92. (By the courtesy of Messrs. J and J. Leighton.)
Epitharis234
A woodcut from the De Claris Mulieribus (Ulm, 1493), cap. 91. (By the courtesy of Messrs. J. and J. Leighton.)
Paulina, Mundus, and the God Anubis238
A woodcut from the De Claris Mulieribus (Ulm, 1473), cap. 89. (By the courtesy of Messrs. J. and J. Leighton.)
The Torture of Regulus244
A woodcut from Lydgate's Falle of Princes of John Bochas. (London, 1494.)
Boccaccio Discussing250
From a miniature in the French version of the De Casibus Virorum, made in 1409 by Laurent le Premierfait. MS. late XV century. (Brit. Mus. Rothschild Bequest. MS. XII.)
Giovanni Boccaccio265
From the fresco in S. Apollonia, Florence. By Andrea dal Castagno (1396(?)-1457).
Certaldo280
Boccaccio's House in Certaldo284
Room in Boccaccio's House at Certaldo288
The Ladies and Youths of the Decameron leaving Florence292
From a miniature in the French version of the Decameron, made in 1414 by Laurent le Premierfait. MS. late XV century. (Brit. Mus. Rothschild Bequest. MS. XIV.)
Poggio Gherardo, near Settignano, Florence298
(The scene of the first two days of the Decameron.)
Villa Palmieri, near Florence302
(The scene of the third and following days of the Decameron.)
La Valle Delle Donne306
From a print of the XVIII century in Baldelli's Vita di Gio. Boccaccio.
Title Page of Volume II of the First English Edition of the Decameron (Isaac Jaggard, 1620.)312
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