Falcon in Decameron
Folio 211v of the first French translation of the Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio. The translator was Laurent de Premierfait and the copyist Guillebert de Metz. The translation was made between 1411 and 1414 and was dedicated to the Duke of Berry. De Premierfait translated from the Latin translation by Franciscan Antonio Neri d'Arezzo, not from the original Italian edition.
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Federigo degli Alberighi and his Falcon
story by Lili Fischer.In this novella the main character, Federigo degli Alberighi, has a falcon. It is his most valuable possession. The novella of Federigo and his falcon is told on the fifth day of Bocaccio’s ten-piece frame story <em>Decameron</em>.