Wednesday, 26 December 2012

Decameron=ديكاميرون


Decameron=ديكاميرون

ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY

Decameron
c.1600, from It. Decamerone, name of Boccaccio's 14c. collection of 100 tales supposedly told over 10 days, from Gk. deka "ten" (see ten) + hemera "day" (see ephemera).
WIKIPEDIA

The Decameròn, with the subtitle of Prince Galehaut (Italian: Il Decameron, cognominato Prencipe Galeotto), is a 14th-century medieval allegory by Giovanni Boccaccio, told as a frame story encompassing 100 tales by ten young people

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