Book XXXII.19-20. Elatia shuts its gates to Romans, siege ensues {Quarte Decadis Liber Secundus p. CXCIII verso}

Letter 32 to Marcella - Jerome writes that he is busy collating Aquila's Greek version of the Old Testament with the Hebrew, inquires after her mother, and forwards two letters

Triumphal car, ornamented with reliefs. The relief on the right shows the princess Europa and her maidens crowning the herd with flowers. (fol. k iiii recto)

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

Illustration preceeding Second Decades

Book XXIV.34-7. Heraclea, wife of Zoippus, who lived abroad in luxury, put to death with her children {Tertiae Decadis Liber Quartus p. CXXVIII}

Letter P

Illustration IX

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

Canto XV. The Fifth Sphere: Mars / The Warriors of God; Cacciaguida

Canto XVII. The Fifth Sphere: Mars; Cacciaguida Prophesies Dante's Exile from Florence

Letter L

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