Visualizing tools for the Censorship of Boccaccio’s
Decameron during the Cinquecento

Susanna Allés Torrent - Columbia University

Scholarly Networks Colloquium
Brown University (16-18 April 2015)

Presentation

A case of study of three different censured editions of the Decameron's Novel VI, 10:
“Fra Cipolla promises to shew certain country-folk a feather of the Angel Gabriel, in lieu of which he finds coals, which he avers to be of those with which St. Lawrence was roasted”. (Text available at the Decameron web)

Some experiments with existing tools:

Difference between quantity of words D3.js - Calendar view: