WGL190596 The Decameron, 1916 (oil on canvas) by Waterhouse, John William (1849-1917); 101x159 cm; Lady Lever Art Gallery, National Museums Liverpool; (add.info.: ???he Decameron??is a collection of 100 tales by the 14th-century Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375). A group of seven young women and three men have fled to the countryside to escape the plague in Florence in 1348. They amused themselves by each reciting one story a day for ten days. The word Decameron combines the two Greek words for ???en??and ???ay?? Each day one member of the party led the group and was given a crown to signify his or her authority. Waterhouse shows the group seated together on the grass telling their tales.); 穢 National Museums Liverpool ; English, out of copyright.