Oktokaidecameron
A company in Renaissance dress gathers in a garden to listen to a tale.
John William Waterhouse
A Tale from the Decameron, 1916

The Oktokaidecameron;

or

The Epic of Eighteen Days

being

Compiled and translated by
Master Joe Galván

From the original Savoyard collection of
A.D. 1644.

Open the book

The table of contents

The Stories of the Tale of Eighteen Days.

A book in the making.

Before the first day

The Prologue

  1. The Prologue

    Of the translation of the Most Holy Crafting Table.

The first day

Of false personhood.

  1. Story I

    Of wicker baskets.

  2. Story II

    Of kitharas.

  3. Story III

    Of the Indians.

  4. Story IV

    Of angelical intelligence.

  5. Story V

    Of immortality, or more precisely, of immortal works.

  6. Story VI

    Of the feelings of camaraderie between women of pleasure.

  7. Encomium of Day I

    The company observes Midsummer.

The second day

Of false promises.

  1. Story I

    Of a Prince of Tyre.

  2. Story II

    Of pigs.

  3. Story III

    Of the blood relics of certain martyrs.

  4. Story IV

    Of the feast of S. John at the Latin Gate.

  5. Story V

    Of imperial offices.