Initial I

Canto II. The Descent of Beatrice

Illustration XXXVII

Illustration XVII

Polia drags her prostrate lover by his feet out of the sanctuary (fol. B recto)

Book XL.2 Sufferings of the people of Sinope {Quarte Decadis Liber Decimus p. CCXLVIII}

Illustration XXVI

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

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Canto XXVI. The Eighth Sphere: The Fixed Stars; Saint James; The Examination of Love (Caritas); The Expulsion of Adam and Eve

Triumph of Death (fol. 45v)

Cameo of Jupiter, at his feet are the vanquished giants (fol. h vi verso)

Ch. 15. On the dangers of superiority and pride