Illustration for I Peter 1

Letter I

Canto XXX. Circle 8: Bolgia 9 / The Falsifiers (Remaining Three Classes: Evil Impersonators, Counterfeiters [Master Adam], and False Witnesses)

Initial T

Ch. 20. On the behavior of nuns when with men and especially when speaking to them

Letter F

Perseus receiving the mirror from Athena; sheathing his sword after striking off the head of Medusa. In background is Pegasus on Mount Helicon, and under his hoof the Hippocrene is gushing forth. (Fol. k viii verso)

Letter C

Book XXII.17. Romans see oxen breathing out fire and realize their horns are on fire {Tertiae Decadis Liber Secundus p. CV}

Book X.11. Province of Etruria falls {Primae Decadis Liber Decimus p. LXXXIIII}; Same woodcut used for Book XXXI.23. Philip of Macedon seizes Chalcis {Quarte Decadis Liber Primus p. CLXXXVI}

Illustration XXXII

Book XXV.12. Decimvirs decreed to sacrifice to Apollo, Diana, and Latona {Tertiae Decadis Liber Quintus p. CXXXII verso}

Canto VII. Ante-Purgatory / The Second Ledge; The Flowering Valley; Sordello Accompanies the Poets; Class 4 – The Negligent Rulers; Rudolph of Hapsburg