Canto XXI. Ascent to the Seventh Sphere: Saturn – The Contemplative; The Celestial Ladder; Peter Damiano

Illustration XL

Initial A

Book II.12. Caius Mucius sneaks into Etrurian camp and slays the secretary {Primae Decadis Liber Secundus p. XIII}

Letter C

Triumph of Love

Initial P

Canto XVII. The Fourth Cornice / The Slothful

Book XXIII.15. City of Nuceria sacked and burned {Tertiae Decadis Liber Tertius p. CXV}

Poliphilus and Polia retreating from the bower (fol. i vii recto)

Ch. 41. On the authority of the bishop and the observance of the rules of the order

A huge pyramidic temple, of white Parian marble, with 1410 steps, dedicated to the Sun (fol. b i verso)

Poliphilus receives the crown and palm-branch, fixed upon a sword, from the hand of another matron, of large frame and severe mien (fol. i recto)