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Online assignment with medieval manuscript facsimiles

El Decameron de Boccaccio

This volume from 1450 is an illustrated manuscript of Giovanni Bocaccio's collection of tales told by a group sheltering to avoid the Plague.  

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Sample Images of El Decameron

Apocalypsis Johannis

This 1460 codex is xylographic, meaning the pages were stamped from a hard-carved block of wood.  The pages were stamped in brown ink, and the images are hand-colored.  The arrangement of the text and images resembles an early version of the comic book.

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Sample Images of Apocalypsis Johannis

Resource Citations

El Decameron

Boccaccio, Giovanni, et al. El Decamerón . Scriptorium, S.l., 2009.

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Apocalypsis Johannis

Milano, Ernesto. Apocalypsis Johannis. Il Bulino, 7 Oct. 1999.

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