what was the decameron
For other uses, see Decameron (disambiguation). The Decameron (Italian: Decameron [deËkaËmeron; dekameËrÉn; dekameËron] or Decamerone [dekameËroËne]), subtitled Prince Galehaut (Old Italian: Prencipe Galeotto [ËprentÊipe É¡aleËÉtto; ËprÉntÊipe]), is a collection of novellas by the 14th-century Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio (1313â1375).