Before revision: First dayThe basilica of Santa Maria Novella, with a Renaissance façade that was completed about 100 years after The Decameron was written Before beginning the story-telling sessions, the ten young Florentines, seven women and three men, referred to as the Brigata,Members of the Brigata gather at the Basilica di Santa Maria Novella and together decide to escape the Black Death by leaving the city to stay in a villa in the countryside.
After revision: Before beginning the story-telling sessions, the ten young Florentines, seven women and three men, referred to as the Brigata,Members of the Brigata gather at the Basilica di Santa Maria Novella and together decide to escape the Black Death by leaving the city to stay in a villa in the countryside.