De casibus virorum illustrium
work by Boccaccio
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discussed in biography
- In Giovanni Boccaccio: Petrarch and Boccaccio’s mature years
…biographies of famous women; and De casibus virorum illustrium (1355–74; “On the Fates of Famous Men”), on the inevitable catastrophe awaiting all who are too fortunate.
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illustration by Fouquet
- In Jean Fouquet
…a French translation of Boccaccio’s De casibus virorum illustrium (“On the Fates of Famous Men”) and De claris mulieribus (“On Famous Women”), Cas des nobles hommes et femmes malheureux (1458, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich), and a copy of the Grandes Chroniques de France (Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris); and finally, the large altarpiece…
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