Eels in Decameron
Folio u1v of Giovanni Boccaccio’s the Decameron. In Italian, printed by Johannes and Gregorius de Gregoriis, 1492
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Ciacco and Biondello and the Eels
story by Wietse van Eijsden .The eel is a long, thin, snake-like fish, some types of which can be eaten. Eels play an important role in the eighth novella of the ninth day of the <em>Decameron</em>. In this tour we will follow the plot on an original miniature. After that, we will inspect the similarities between the main characters and the eels. But let’s start off with a few lines from the original text...