Letter S

Empress Helen, Mother of Constantine

Initial H

Poliphilus before the great goddess of love. (Fol. E vi verso)

Book XXI.52. Scipio sends troops into the lands between Trebia and Po for plunder {Tertiae Decadis Liber Primus p. XCIX}

Initial M from Lactantius, Divinarum Institutionum Adversus Genteis, de falsa religione, etc. Used by Bernardino and Matteo Veneti in Venice and Rome, 1492-1510

From the Second Book of Hypnerotomachia - Polia and Poliphilus in the temple of the maiden-divinity (fol. a viii verso)

Canto VII. The Second Sphere: Mercury / The Seekers of Honor; Ascent to the Third Sphere; Beatrice Discourses

Saint Constantia (fol. CXXXV v)

Saint Elizabeth (fol. CXXXVII r)

Illustration XLVI

Trophy of arms, with a lion's skin and bull's head

Book II.46. Death of Quintius Fabilus {Primae Decadis Liber Secundus p. XX}