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

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