Canto XXII. The Fifth Cornice / The Avaricious; The Earthquake; Ascent to the Sixth Cornice - The Gluttonous

Book XXXV.12 Lacedaemons and Nabis instigated to war by Aetolians {Quarte Decadis Liber Sextus p. CCXIIII}

Book XXXVIII.18. Gallic priests of the Great Mother greet the Romans {Quarte Decadis Liber Octavus p. CCXXXII}

Reliefs from the fourth car (Festival of Bacchus). Jupiter commits the infant Bacchus to Mercury. In the same compartment, Mercury is carring the child to the nymphs of Mount Nyssa in Thrace, who bring him up in a cave. (Fol. l ii recto)

Cain Killing Abel, Illustration from Bergomensis, Jacob Philipp, Supplementum Chronicarum. Venice, B. Rizius, 1488 (?)

Initial R

Book XXVI.14-16. Attention of the Senate given to business at Capua {Tertiae Decadis Liber Sextus p. CXLV}

Philip and his party arrive in Athens {Libro Deca Quarta Cap. XLI}

The Statue of Venus, of precious sardonyx, placed upon the Tomb of Adonis.

Book III.48. Virginius kills his daughter, Virginia, to preserve her honor {Primae Decadis Liber Tertius p. XXVIII verso}

Illustration IX

Illustration LIV

Letter A