Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Ornamental Decameron Page
Named figures gather beneath an architectural canopy above a block of Italian text. Decorative columns, masks and a small portrait fill the surrounding border. The historical page reproduces the opening world of the Decameron’s storytellers within the introduction to this later edition.
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Illustrator not identified. "The Ornamental Decameron Page" [editorial title]. In The Decameron, Volume I, Giovanni Boccaccio; translated by J. M. Rigg; illustrated by Louis Chalon. Volume I; translated by J. M. Rigg, illustrated by Louis Chalon; privately printed, London; undated title., undated edition, Privately printed. Source scan leaf 21. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0261-0014
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Illustrator not identified. The Ornamental Decameron Page. The Decameron, Volume I. Scan leaf 21. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0261-0014