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Illustrations - Day IV Story 6
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1...
Mort de Gabriotto
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Illustrations - Day IV Story 7
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1...
Mort de Pasquino à côté de Simona
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Illustrations - Day IV Story 8
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1...
Girolamo Sighieri dédaigné par Salvestra
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Illustrations - Day IV Story 9
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Suicide de Saurimonda
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{This one is promising!}
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Illustrations - Day IV Story 10
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1...
Ruggieri d'Ajeroli innocenté
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Yann wrote: "Beautifull illustrations!"Does this mean you are back? I hope you didn't leave your book on a desert island beach! ;)
Book Portrait wrote: "Yann wrote: "Beautifull illustrations!"Does this mean you are back? I hope you didn't leave your book on a desert island beach! ;)"
I'm back! :)
Yann wrote: "I'm back! :)"Squee!
Toto wrote: "...who makes his wife eat her lover's heart as minced meat?..."
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That story had me thinking of the 1989 movie The War of the Roses. ^.^
The spate of sudden deaths in this series of stories was a little convenient but the longer stories were excellent (Boccaccio really knew how to spin a story!). The one I liked best was the first one with Ghismonda's discourse & final stance. x_x
Another illustration of the horrible festin, aka the "romantic dinner." ^.^
Big: http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6...
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ReemK10 (Paper Pills) wrote: "Finished the Fourth Day!!! Will come back to post in a bit."Yay!! Looking forward to your finds. :)
I still haven't read the notes for this series and I'm wondering who the lady Filostrato is hopelessly in love with is...
DL wrote: "Oh, a mystery? Maybe that will get me going again. I'm still in the fourth day."A mystery or I was dozing off as I read the conclusion of day IV and saw what I wanted to see! ^^
Keep going! I skipped days II and III but I'll go back and read them soon. Those variations on a theme are actually fun to read... :)
Well! This has been a depressing little day! Happy to move on to Five (still behind, but gaining!), and hopefully, as Toto says, it shall be lighter on cannibalism.
