Sabina Poppaea, Wife of Nero

Saint Maxentia Tridentina

Book III.12. Trial of Caeso {Primae Decadis Liber Tertius p. XXVII verso}; Same woodcut used for XXXV.16. Conference between Antiochus's minister and ambassadors from Rome {Quarte Decadis Liber Sextus p. CCXV}

Canto XVI. The Fifth Sphere: Mars / The Warriors of God; Cacciaguida on Vaingloary of Noble Lineagoe and Illustrious Families of Florence

Illustration preceeding Third Decades

Relief on the triumphal car. The King and three women offering two eggs in the Temple of Apollo at Delphi. Two priests of Apollo are standing on the right. A tablet bears the anwswer of the oracle - Uni gratum mare, Alterum gratum mari

Canto XII. The First Cornice / The Proud; The Rein of Pride; The Sculptures on the Pavement, Depicting Examples of Pride; The Angel of Humility

Letter A

Book XXIX.14. Publius Cornelius receives the goddess, the Idaean Mother, from all the matrons at Ostia and delivers her to Rome {Tertiae Decadis Liber Nonus p. CLXX verso}

Scene in the Temple of Venus. A procession of seven virgins approaching the Altar of Love. At the altar stand the high priestess, Poliphilus and Polia. (Fol. n viiii recto)

Illustration XXXIX

Initial P

Capitulo XXXI. Objections on the desire to dress