Letter A

Book VI.37. Agreement that consuls can be chosen from among commons {Primae Decadis Liber Sextus p. LVI}

Saint Eulalia of Barcelona (fol. LXXV v)

Poliphilus meeting at the gate of the venerable matron, followed by her six young female attendants (fol. viii verso)

Canto XIV. Circle 7 (Round 3) / The Violent Against God; The Burning Sand

On charity and humility. Ch. 2. On having no property

Book XXXVII.46. Damocritus, the Aetolian general, kills himself {Quarte Decadis Liber Septimus p. CCXXVI verso}

Book XXI.28-29. Hannibal plans to convey elephants across the river {Tertiae Decadis Liber Primus p. XCVII}

Book IX.24. Roman army met by a deserter from Sora who informs them how to take the city {Primae Decadis Liber Nonus p. LXXIX}

Book XXIII.41. Titus Octavius, sailing from Lilybaeum to Africa, ravages the Carthaginian territories {Tertiae Decadis Liber Tertius p. CXIX}

Illustration from Jacobus de Voragine, Sermones. Pavia, Jacobus de Paucisdrapius

Canto XIV. The Ascent to the Fifth Sphere: Mars; The Third Garland of Souls; The Warriors of God; The Celestial Cross

Illustration XVI