Polia drags her prostrate lover by his feet out of the sanctuary (fol. B recto)

Queen Theodolinda of Lombardy

Canto VIII. The Third Sphere: Venus / The Amorous; Charles Martel of Hungary

Initial D

Letter to Marcella with condolences from Jerome on the death of Paulina

Ch. 30. On the renunciation of pomp in considering the last judgement

Book X.14. M. Valerius leads the infantry against Samnites {Primae Decadis Liber Decimus p. LXXXV verso}

Illustration III

Sennacherib and the Assyrian army at Jerusalem

Book X.11. Province of Etruria falls {Primae Decadis Liber Decimus p. LXXXIIII}; Same woodcut used for Book XXXI.23. Philip of Macedon seizes Chalcis {Quarte Decadis Liber Primus p. CLXXXVI}

Illustration from Robert Valturi, De re Militari. Verona, Johannes de Verona, 1472

Saint Augustine, Cain and Abel

The priestess enthroned, with five nymphs surrounding her. Poliphilus and Polia are kissing each other in her presence. (D iiii)