Ch. 8. On reverence and subjection toward the abbess

Tertia Aemilia, Wife of Scipio Africanus

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

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Ginevra Gambara (fol. CL r)

Book XXVIII.24. Scipio seized by illness {Tertiae Decadis Liber Octavus p. CLXIII}

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Ch. 9. On obligatory renunciation and self-examination

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Illustration XXVII

Canto IV. Circle 1: Limbo / The Virtuous Pagans (Homer and the Poets) and the Unbaptized Children

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