Canto I. The Dark Wood of Error (Worldliness); The Mount; The Three Wild Beasts

Perseus receiving the mirror from Athena; sheathing his sword after striking off the head of Medusa. In background is Pegasus on Mount Helicon, and under his hoof the Hippocrene is gushing forth. (Fol. k viii verso)

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Illustration XXXI

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Battle between the Albans and the Romans; King Cluilius the Alban dies {Primae Decadis Liber Primus p. VI verso}; Same woodcut used for XXXI.36. Philip's horse is wounded and throws him to the ground {Quarte Decadis Liber Primus p. CLXXXVIII verso}

Canto XXIV. The Sixth Cornice / The Gluttonous; The Tree of Knowledge; Forese Donati; The Angel of Abstinence; Pope Martin IV

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

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

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}

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