Canto IX. The Third Sphere: Venus / The Amorous; Cunizza; Folquet; Rahab; Denunciation of the Papal Court

Tower of Babel, Illustration from Bergomensis, Jacob Philipp. Supplementum Chronicarum. Venice, Rizus, October 8, 1491

Canto XVIII. Ascent to the Sixth Sphere: Jupiter / The Just and Temperate Rulers; The Vision of the Flashing Lights

The Birth of Saint Jerome

Canto XXVII. Ascent to the Ninth Sphere: The Primum Mobile

Initial I

Letter Q

Illustration preceeding Second Decades

Book XXXV.45-50. Antiochus addresses the multitudes {Quarte Decadis Liber Sextus p. CCXVII}

Initial Q

Book XXXVII.1-3. Aetolians request peace and are denied {Quarte Decadis Liber Septimus p. CCXXIII}

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

Book XXXIII.37. Messge of liberty delivered at Isthmian Gate {Quarte Decadis Liber Quartus p. CCIII}