Boccaccio Boccaccino, Standing Cavalier with Back Turned, c. 1502 https://t.co/zlzGpuX5I0

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The adventures of Hercules!

BL Harley MS 1766; c 1450-c 1460; John Lydgate, The Fall of Princes (based on Giovanni Boccaccio, De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium); Suffolk (possibly Bury St Edmunds);
ff.65r, 69r, 70r

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John William Waterhouse born in 1849, the painting depicts the Italian a group of young people who fled to the countryside to escape the plague in Florence in 1348, amuse themselves by Some things never change!

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Medieval women painting medieval women


(from manuscripts of Boccaccio's On Famous Women)

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Boccaccio watching Fortune turn her wheel

BL Harley 621; Giovanni Boccaccio, Du Cas des Nobles Hommes et Femmes ( De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium) translated by Laurent de Premierfait; France; 3rd quarter of the 15th century; f.217r

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"Nastagio Degli Onesti", Sandro Botticelli (1445 – 1510), Italian

Nastagio degli Onesti is the protagonist in one of the one hundred short stories contained in The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio.

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masterpiece is Written in 1350 the book contains 100 tales told by a group of young people that found shelter in a villa outside Florence to escape the Black Death, the global pandemic that from an outbreak in the East, spread to Europe in the 1300s century

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Boccaccio Boccaccino was an Italian painter and engraver (22 August 1467--1525)

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Se ami rettamente puoi fare solo il bene.

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Segismunda llorando sobre el corazón de Guiscardo, 1759
de William Hogarth (1697-1764) fue un artista británico, grabador, ilustrador y pintor satírico
Representa un momento dramático en una de las novelles en el Decamerón de Boccaccio.

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Almost done with this one... Decided to name it Gian. The name is in reference to both Giovanni Boccaccio and John Henry Nash. The typeface was inspired by Nash's edition of "The Life of Dante" by Boccaccio

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For we're delving into our for illicit treasures.
The Decameron (Italian folktales) by Boccaccio (1313-1375) was banned by Catholic Church & the U.S. til 1930s.
Title page (1548ed), The Frolicsome Physician & The Abbot's Plot (1840ed).

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"Boccaccio: The Plague Years" ~ A Poem by Rita Dove https://t.co/VgmuxTYAwp

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Standing Cavalier with Back Turned, Boccaccio Boccaccino, c. 1502 https://t.co/zlzGpuX5I0

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The Decameron (1971)
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Alternative poster I've made for the wonderful Pasolini film.
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Get your print from https://t.co/uvfWGUzlNf - by Nikos Bogris

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has 1313 Twitter BFFs!
Hey, Giovanni Boccaccio (Renaissance Italian writer/poet/humanist) was born in 1313!
Tales from Boccaccio's most famous work, THE DECAMERON, have been adapted many times, most recently in the hilarious & weird 🧈🧈🧈🧈Seen it?

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