1. decameron - Noun
2. Decameron - Proper noun
A celebrated collection of tales, supposed to be related in ten days; -- written in the 14th century, by Boccaccio, an Italian.
Source: Webster's dictionaryA quarter of the tales in The Canterbury Tales parallel a tale in the Decameron, although most of them have closer parallels in other stories. Source: Internet
Christine also cited from Boccaccio's Decameron in the latter stages of The City of Ladies. Source: Internet
Certain sources also see a conversion of Boccaccio by Petrarch from the open humanist of the Decameron to a more ascetic style, closer to the dominant fourteenth century ethos. Source: Internet
Boccaccio began work on The Decameron citation citation around 1349. Source: Internet
Dioneo narrates what is by far the most obscene and bawdy tale in the Decameron. Source: Internet
Dioneo tells the final (and possibly most retold) story of the Decameron. Source: Internet