Letter A

Ch. 28. On the temptation of fine clothes

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

Ch. 13. On the good works of the sisters in the monastery

Book XXX.38-40. Roman deputies return to Rome from Africa {Tertiae Decadis Liber Decimus p. CLXXXI verso}

Initial M

Illustration XXXIV

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

Queen Cesarea Parfarum

Book XXXVIII.49-50. Scipio Asiaticus (Lucius Cornelius Scipio) convicted of embezzling and ordered to prison, his relations contribute to his fine {Quarte Decadis Liber Octavus p. CCXXXVIII verso}

Canto XVIII. Ascent to the Sixth Sphere: Jupiter / The Just and Temperate Rulers; The Vision of the Flashing Lights

Illustration XXIX

Canto XXX. The Earthly Paradise; Beatrice; Virgil Vanishes