Illustration XLV

Poliphilus meeting at the gate of the venerable matron, followed by her six young female attendants (fol. viii verso)

Continuation of the Ceremony in the Temple of Venus (fol. o viii recto)

Ch. 27. On the enclosure of the convent

Saint Mary Magdalene

Poliphilus surrounded by remains of classical antiquity (fol. a vii recto)

Illustration LII

Saint Augustine, Cain and Abel

Book I.9. Carrying off the Sabine Women {Libro Deca Prima Cap. XVIII}

Canto XVIII. The Fourth Cornice / The Slothful; Abbot of San Zeno

Book XXIII.41. Titus Octavius, sailing from Lilybaeum to Africa, ravages the Carthaginian territories {Tertiae Decadis Liber Tertius p. CXIX}

Illustration LXIV

Trophy of Roman arms, with a winged genius' head