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The Tenth Day

The Third Novell

STORYTELLER: FILOSTRATO
ARTWORK: THE DECAMERON OF PETRU RUSU
THE TENTH DAY, THIRD NOVELL
1985 HAND COLORED ETCHING
AQUATINTA AQUAFORTE 21X29 CM | 8½X11½ IN

Filostrato acknowledges that the Abbot
was pretty generous to Ghino by giving up
most of his stuff. But he’s now got a story
where someone was willing to give the most

generous gift of all his life.

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