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| The Burning of the Master of the Temple | [6] |
| 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 Florence | [12] |
| King Robert of Naples crowned by S. Louis of Toulouse | [18] |
| From the fresco by Simone Martini in S. Lorenzo, Naples. |
| Pope Joan | [24] |
| A woodcut from the De Claris Mulieribus. (Berne, 1539.) (By the courtesy of Messrs. J. and J. Leighton.) |
| Lucrece | [30] |
| A woodcut from De Claris Mulieribus. (Berne, 1539.) (By the courtesy of Messrs. J. and J. Leighton.) |
| Boccaccio and Mainardi Cavalcanti | [36] |
| By the Dutch engraver called "The Master of the Subjects in the Boccaccio." De Casibus Virorum. (Strasburg, 1476.) |
| Sapor mounting over the prostrate Valerian | [42] |
| By the Dutch engraver called "The Master of the Subjects in the Boccaccio." De Casibus Virorum. (Strasburg, 1476.) |
| Manlius thrown into the Tiber | [48] |
| By the Dutch engraver called "The Master of the Subjects in the Boccaccio." De Casibus Virorum. (Strasburg, 1476.) |
| Allegory of Wealth and Poverty | [54] |
| 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 Empress | [62] |
| 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, 1515 | [68] |
| 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 Rock | [74] |
| 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, 1538 | [80] |
| (By the Courtesy of Messrs. J. and J. Leighton.) |
| Frontispiece of the Decameron. Venice, 1492 | [86] |
| Chapter Heading from the Decameron. Venice, 1492 | [92] |
| 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 Athens | [104] |
| The Execution of Filippa la Catanese | [104] |
| 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 Avignon | [164] |
| 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 V | [214] |
| (By the courtesy of Messrs. J. and J. Leighton.) |
| Petrarch and Boccaccio Discussing | [224] |
| 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 Seneca | [230] |
| A woodcut from the De Claris Mulieribus (Ulm, 1473), cap. 92. (By the courtesy of Messrs. J and J. Leighton.) |
| Epitharis | [234] |
| 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 Anubis | [238] |
| A woodcut from the De Claris Mulieribus (Ulm, 1473), cap. 89. (By the courtesy of Messrs. J. and J. Leighton.) |
| The Torture of Regulus | [244] |
| A woodcut from Lydgate's Falle of Princes of John Bochas. (London, 1494.) |
| Boccaccio Discussing | [250] |
| 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 Boccaccio | [265] |
| From the fresco in S. Apollonia, Florence. By Andrea dal Castagno (1396(?)-1457). |
| Certaldo | [280] |
| Boccaccio's House in Certaldo | [284] |
| Room in Boccaccio's House at Certaldo | [288] |
| The Ladies and Youths of the Decameron leaving Florence | [292] |
| 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, Florence | [298] |
| (The scene of the first two days of the Decameron.) |
| Villa Palmieri, near Florence | [302] |
| (The scene of the third and following days of the Decameron.) |
| La Valle Delle Donne | [306] |
| 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] |