Giovanni Boccaccio
1313-1375
Title
Giovanni Boccaccio
1313-1375
1313-1375
Birthplace
Florence (or Certaldo)
Place of Death
Certaldo
Biographical Text
Discovered in the neglected cloister library of Monte Cassino (near Naples) Tacitus Hist. and Annals, Varro de Lingua Latina, de Re Rustica, Ovid's Ibis, Martial, Ausonius and others. Author of the Decameron and commentary on Dante.
Nationality
Italian
Source
Prof. Medea Norsa, Florence.