15th Century Manuscripts
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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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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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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.
