Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Procession to the Garden and the Telling of the Stories
Two framed scenes place the storytellers first in procession and then seated around a garden fountain. Repeated trees, arches and patterned ground join the related settings. The source captions them The Procession to the Garden and The Telling of the Stories in its reproduction of an early illustrated Decameron.
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Illustrator not identified. "The Procession to the Garden and the Telling of the Stories" [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 25. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0261-0018
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The Decameron, Volume IGiovanni Boccaccio; translated by J. M. Rigg; illustrated by Louis ChalonUndated editionMore from this book
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Illustrator not identified. The Procession to the Garden and the Telling of the Stories. The Decameron, Volume I. Scan leaf 25. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0261-0018