Ch. 3. On the election of the sisters and good administration of the monastery

Saint Mary Magdalene

Book X.46. Cavalry and Infantry receive crowns as marks of honor {Primae Decadis Liber Decimus p. XCII verso}

Book XXXII.40 Nabis, Tyrant of Lacedaemon, has his wife pillage the women of Argos {Quarte Decadis Liber Secundus p. CXCVII}

Illustration XXIX

Initial S

Emblematic device within a medallion frame (fol. p vii recto)

Queen Cesarea Parfarum

Book XXVII.57. Bononia colonized {Quarte Decadis Liber Septimus p. CCXXVIII verso}

Book XXX.13. Syphax made prisoner {Tertiae Decadis Liber Decimus p. CLXXVII verso}

Tower of Babel, Illustration from Bergomensis, Jacob Philipp. Supplementum Chronicarum. Venice, Rizus, October 8, 1491

Bathsheba and Uriah

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