Most of the stories are silly, some are sad and none are focused on the plague. In another, a heartbroken woman grows basil in a pot that contains her lover’s severed head. In one story, a nun mistakenly wears her own lover’s trousers on her head, as a wimple. What do these young people do, after fleeing unspeakable suffering and horror? They eat, sing songs and take turns telling one another stories. Wild pigs sniff and tear at the rags of corpses, then convulse and die themselves. Some appear healthy at breakfast but by dinner are sharing a meal, it is said, with their ancestors in another world. The afflicted develop lumps in their groins or armpits, then dark spots on their limbs.
It’s 1348, in the time of the bubonic plague. He wrote his imaginative literature mostly in Tuscan vernacular, as well as other works in Latin, and is particularly noted for his realistic dialogue which differed from that of his contemporaries, medieval writers who usually followed formulaic models for character and plot.Ten young people decide to quarantine outside Florence. Boccaccio wrote a number of notable works, including The Decameron and On Famous Women. The author : Giovanni Boccaccio - 16 June 1313 – 21 December 1375) was an Italian writer, poet, correspondent of Petrarch, and an important Renaissance humanist. Written in the vernacular of the Florentine language, it is considered a masterpiece of classical early Italian prose. In addition to its literary value and widespread influence (for example on Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales), it provides a document of life at the time. Tales of wit, practical jokes, and life lessons contribute to the mosaic. The various tales of love in The Decameron range from the erotic to the tragic. Boccaccio probably conceived of The Decameron after the epidemic of 1348, and completed it by 1353. The book is structured as a frame story containing 100 tales told by a group of seven young women and three young men sheltering in a secluded villa just outside Florence to escape the Black Death, which was afflicting the city. The book : Very nice 17th century Italian edition of The Decameron subtitled Prince Galehaut (Old Italian: Prencipe Galeotto and sometimes nicknamed l'Umana commedia ("the Human comedy"), - a collection of novellas by the 14th-century Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio (1313–1375). Ĭontent : Very good content (bright and tight, rare foxing and staining, name of a previous owner on first endpaper). Second Amsterdam edition (the first appeared in 1665).īinding : Very good full vellum binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn, scuffed and soiled - as shown) under a removable protective mylar cover. Publisher : Amsterdam, no publisher (Elzevier), 1679. Parte Prima + Parte Seconda, Prefacione + Poemio : J.
Si come lo, diedero alle stampe gli SSri Giunti l ` Anno 1527. Title : Il Decameron di Messer Giovanni Boccacci, Cittadino Fiorentino.
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