Title page and detail from The Decameron.

"The Modell of Wit, Mirth, Eloquence, and Conversation."

This Italian inspiration was already a 200-year old classic in Shakespeare's time. Written by Giovanni Boccaccio in 1353, we know it best as The Decameron. [click here to read more and to zoom in]

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