Canto XXV. The Eighth Sphere: The Fixed Stars – The Triumph of Christ; Saint James; The Examination of Hope; Saint John the Apostle

Come Hieronymo da sui preceptori e a maieltrato

Reliefs from the fourth car (Festival of Bacchus). Jupiter commits the infant Bacchus to Mercury. In the same compartment, Mercury is carring the child to the nymphs of Mount Nyssa in Thrace, who bring him up in a cave. (Fol. l ii recto)

Battle between the Albans and the Romans; King Cluilius the Alban dies {Primae Decadis Liber Primus p. VI verso}; Same woodcut used for XXXI.36. Philip's horse is wounded and throws him to the ground {Quarte Decadis Liber Primus p. CLXXXVIII verso}

Initial D

Book XXX.25. Ambassadors to Carthage receieve two triremes for their return {Tertiae Decadis Liber Decimus p. CLXXIX}

Letter 10 to Paul, an old man of Concordia and owner of a good theological library, regarding Jerome borrowing some commentaries. In return Jerome sends him his life of Paul the hermit.

Letter 120 to Hedibia - Question 8: What is the meaning of Matthew 27:50,51?

Saint Appolonia

Illustration IV

Book I.58. Sextus Tarquinius rapes Lucretia {Primae Decadis Liber Primus p. XI}

Canto III. Ante-Purgatory / The Base of the Cliff; The Late Repentant; The Souls of the Excommunicated; Manfred

Canto XXIX. The Earthly Paradise; The Banks of Lethe; The Heavenly Pageant