Illustration preceeding Second Decades

Architectural frame, with an emblematic circular bas-relief, representing two half-length figures of winged genii holding an apple between them (Medium tenuere beati.) (Fol. h vii verso)

Illustration LVII

Initial A

Tripod with three naked boys standing upon a pedestal supported by lions' feet (fol. g recto)

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

Trophy consisting of a tunic, with a genius' head, and above it a pair of wings, supporting a laurel-wreath

Come Hieronymo tole licentia dal patre

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

Canto XXI. The Fifth Cornice / The Avaricious; the Poet Statius

Initial H

Initial M

Book XXXVIII.44-5. Inquiry into embezzling public monies {Quarte Decadis Liber Octavus p. CCXXXVII}