Indices

Reference tools for the Decameron — searchable indices of persons and places, network visualisations, timelines, and a full-text concordance.

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Index of Persons

Every named character in the Decameron, with role, origin, and a full list of appearances across all one hundred tales.

• Character Network Force-directed graph showing which characters appear together across sections
• Character Timeline Characters plotted across the ten days, revealing narrative patterns

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Index of Places

Every location mentioned in the text — cities, regions, countries — with geographic context and cross-references to each appearance.

• Interactive Map All places plotted on a zoomable map, colour-coded by type and region
• Places Network Co-occurrence graph showing which locations share the same stories
• Places Timeline Locations distributed across the ten days, showing geographic rhythm
• Novella Geography Spatial map of each individual tale — select a day and novella to explore its locations

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Concordance

Search any word across the full Italian and English text simultaneously. Results show keyword-in-context (KWIC) and link directly to the passage.