/internal/media/dispatcher/1510059/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailDe la Ruine des Nobles hommes et femmes (Of the ruin of noble men and women)1476Giovanni BoccaccioMaster of the Boccaccio IllustrationsColard MansionOverall: 38.3 × 29 × 8 cm (15 1/16 × 11 7/16 × 3 1/8 in.)
Sheet (each): 37 × 26 cm (14 9/16 × 10 1/4 in.)Illustrated book with nine hand-colored engravingsMaria Antoinette Evans Fund32.4580(Bruges: Colard Mansion, 1476) Folio; 290 leaves; modern armorial gilt-stamped brown morocco binding (Orrock & Son, Edinburgh, 1871).
Illustrations:
1) Boccaccio presenting his book to Cavalcanti
2) Boccaccio interviewing Adam and Eve
3) King Saul and the Dead Man
4) The Conflict between Fortune and Poverty
5) Marcus Manlius Capitolinus thrown into the Tiber
6) Death of Regulus
7) Death of Caisu Marius Apinates
8) Humiliation of the Emperor Valerian by the Persian King
9) Execution of Queen BrunhildeBooks and manuscripts18.800000000038.300000000037.00000000008.000000000015595401