Letter V

Trophy consisting of a tunic, with a genius' head, and above it a pair of wings, supporting a laurel-wreath

Initial D

Ch. 9. On obligatory renunciation and self-examination

Book XXVI.47-9. Publius Scipio sent to command in Spain; artisans and slaves taken {Tertiae Decadis Liber Sextus p. CXLVII}

Initial B

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

Relief of a large vase carried upon the fourth triumphal car (Festival of Bacchus.) Jupiter standing upon an altar; a chorus of seven nymphs - the Heliades, who are in the process of changing into trees - incline themselves before him. (Fol. l iii verso)

Letter L

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

Canto XXXI. The Central Pit of Maleboge; The Giants (Nimrod, Antaeus, Ephialtes); Antaeus Lowers the Poets into the Ninth Circle.

Book XXX.45. Scipio returns to Italy, Syphax is given a public funeral {Tertiae Decadis Liber Decimus p. CLXXXII verso}

Illustration LXIV