Contents:
page 8 Abbreviations Frequently Used
9 Introduction
Part One. Point of View in the "Cornice"
25 I. Audiences and Narrators
37 II. "Galeotto" and the Role of Distance in Art
51 III. The Narrative Process as an Open Ring
Part Two. Allegorical and Metaphorical Dimensions of the "Cornice": A Humanist Tapestry
67 I. The Evolution in Boccaccio's Use of Allegory
79 II. The Bucolic "Cornice": Landscape and Ritual
123 III. The "Cornice" as an Allegorical Tapestry: Art and the Virtues, Handmaidens to Civic Health and Felicity
181 Conclusion
185 Appendices
187 Works Cited and Consulted
201 Index