"The Decameron" Giovanni Boccaccio #113 of 333 Mint XXI

In 1347, a terrible plague from Central Asia, reached the ports of the Mediterranean. During 1348, it spread quickly through Europe, causing the death of at least a quarter of the population. Giovanni Boccaccio, a well known young writer fights the anguish of the pandemic by composing a collection of one hundred short stories.

The author imagines that to escape infection, a group of ten young and wealthy Florentines have escaped to a villa in the hills. To pass time, they share the task of each telling ten short stories around a topic that that changes every day for ten days: this will be the Decameron, the book's primary title that translates to "a ten-day" in Ancient Greek.

Boccaccio uses diverse sources, with different contents and tones. The protagonists are kings and queens, nobles and bishops, merchants, thieves, and swindlers. The stories develop around the theme of love and its irresistible force, virtue, wisdom, and credulity.

The representation of society and literary achievement shows through this silver medal. Giovanni Boccaccio's short stories were a landmark in renaissance literature.

This medal represents a story of society, of the wealthy and unfortunate, and human impulses. There are only 333, this one being number 113. This unique medal would be a story telling piece to add to your collection.

Cased in a beautiful wooden box, with red velvet interior. This medal comes with a Certificate of Authenticity from 2023.