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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) |
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