Arrival of Rollo in Normandy from BL YT 33, f. 1
Detail of a miniature of the arrival of Duke Rollo in Normandy, with the city of Rouen on the left. Image taken from f. 1 of Grande Chronique de Normandie. Written in French. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) w... More
St. Nigasius, Bishop of Rouen, holding a staff
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Giovanni Boccaccio - Mariamne from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 99v, illuminate...
Detail of a miniature of Mariamne, the wife of Herod the Great, being slain with an axe. Image taken from f. 99v of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées... More
Profile of a Bearded Man - Public domain dedication museum photo
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Central Panel of a Triptych - Public domain dedication museum photo
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Central Panel of a Triptych - Public domain dedication museum photo
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Glass Fragment, 13th century - Public domain dedication museum photo
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Head of a Woman - Public domain dedication museum photo
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Window with Grisaille Decoration, Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Panel with Two Apostles - Public domain dedication museum photo
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Window with Grisaille Decoration, Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Theodosius Arrives at Ephesus, from a Scene from the Legend of the Sev...
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Glass Fragment, 14th century - Public domain dedication museum photo
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Cardinal Guillaume d'Estouteville (1403–1483), Bishop of Ostia and Car...
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Giovanni Boccaccio - Death of Julia from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 95v, illu...
Detail of a miniature of the death of Julia, the daughter of Caesar and the wife of Pompey. Image taken from f. 95v of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renom... More
Giovanni Boccaccio - Epicharis from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 109, illuminat...
Miniature of the torture of Epicharis. Image taken from f. 109 of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées). Written in French. The BL Royal Manuscript Col... More
Giovanni Boccaccio - Hercules from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 24v, illuminate...
Detail of a miniature of Hercules seated among Iole's women, spinning. Image taken from f. 24v of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées). Written in Fren... More
Giovanni Boccaccio - Irene from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 121, illuminated m...
Detail of a miniature of Irene being crowned Empress at Constantinople. Image taken from f. 121 of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées). Written in Fre... More
Giovanni Boccaccio - Ceres from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 9v, illuminated ma...
Detail of a miniature of Ceres enthroned, while a man drives a harrow with an oxen. Image taken from f. 9v of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées). Wri... More
Giovanni Boccaccio - Argia from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 31v, illuminated m...
Detail of a miniature of Argia discovering the dead body of her husband, Polynices. Image taken from f. 31v of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées). Wr... More
Giovanni Boccaccio - Portia from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 96, illuminated m...
Detail of a miniature of Portia eating hot coals. Image taken from f. 96 of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées). Written in French. The BL Royal Manu... More
Giovanni Boccaccio - Manto from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 33, illuminated ma...
Detail of a miniature of Manto, the daughter of Tiresias, stirring a fire. Image taken from f. 33 of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées). Written in F... More
Giovanni Boccaccio - Megullia Dotata from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 66, illu...
Detail of a miniature of Megullia Dotata being dowered. Image taken from f. 66 of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées). Written in French. The BL Roya... More
Giovanni Boccaccio - Paulina from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 105v, illuminate...
Detail of a miniature of Paulina in the temple of Isis, with a priest, and Decius Mundus disguised as Anubis. Image taken from f. 105v of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de fem... More
Giovanni Boccaccio - Proba from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 113v, illuminated ...
Detail of a miniature of Proba with her books. Image taken from f. 113v of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées). Written in French. The BL Royal Manus... More
Giovanni Boccaccio - Irene from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 73v, illuminated m...
Detail of a miniature of Irene, daughter of Cratinus, painting a picture. Image taken from f. 73v of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées). Written in F... More
Giovanni Boccaccio - Pope Joan from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 120, illuminat...
Detail of a miniature of Pope Joan, in procession, giving birth to an infant. Image taken from f. 120 of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées). Written ... More
Giovanni Boccaccio - Text page from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 77, illuminate...
Text page. Image taken from f. 77 of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées). Written in French. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known as the Ro... More
Giovanni Boccaccio - Busa from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 82v, illuminated ma...
Detail of a miniature of Busa of Anusium entertaining Romans after Cannae. Image taken from f. 82v of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées). Written in ... More
Giovanni Boccaccio - Semiramis from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 6, illuminated...
Detail of a miniature of Semiramis seated, with a sword, with her son before her and men in armour behind. Image taken from f. 6 of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes no... More
Giovanni Boccaccio - Drypetina from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 89v, illuminat...
Detail of a miniature of Drypetina waiting on her father, Mithradates. Image taken from f. 89v of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées). Written in Fren... More
Giovanni Boccaccio - Penelope from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 45v, illuminate...
Detail of a miniature of Penelope weaving, and the slaughter of her suitors. Image taken from f. 45v of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées). Written i... More
Giovanni Boccaccio - Sappho from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 57, illuminated m...
Detail of a miniature of Sappho reading her poems to other authors. Image taken from f. 57 of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées). Written in French. ... More
Chalice, France, The Cloisters - Public domain dedication museum photo
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Giovanni Boccaccio - Nicaula from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 53v, illuminated...
Detail of a miniature of Nicaula, queen of the Ethiopians, and her savage followers at Solomon's court. Image taken from f. 53v of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nob... More
Giovanni Boccaccio - Medea from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 20, illuminated ma...
Detail of a miniature of Medea, with Jason on a horse and a slaughter of a child with his sword, at the beginning of chapter 17. Image taken from f. 20 of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation... More
Giovanni Boccaccio - Virginia from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 76v, illuminate...
Detail of a miniature of Virginia in the temple of Pudicitia. Image taken from f. 76v of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées). Written in French. The ... More
Giovanni Boccaccio - Constantia from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 123, illumina...
Detail of a miniature of the marriage of Constantia to the Emperor Henry VI. Image taken from f. 123 of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées). Written i... More
Giovanni Boccaccio - Leaena from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 60v, illuminated ...
Detail of a miniature of Leaena in the hands of her torturers. Image taken from f. 60v of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées). Written in French. The... More
Giovanni Boccaccio - Cornificia from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 99, illuminat...
Detail of a miniature of Cornificia with a book on her desk. Image taken from f. 99 of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées). Written in French. The BL... More
Venus, Vulcan, and Adonis from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 12
Detail of a miniature of Venus, with Vulcan and Adonis, and a priest with a censor. Image taken from f. 12 of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées). Wri... More
Giovanni Boccaccio - Thamyris from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 59, illuminated...
Detail of a miniature of Thamyris, queen of the Scythians, killing Cyrus. Image taken from f. 59 of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées). Written in Fr... More
Giovanni Boccaccio - Claudia Quinta from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 90v, illu...
Detail of a miniature of Claudia Quinta moving a ship with her girdle. Image taken from f. 90v of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées). Written in Fren... More
Eve from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 5 - Public domain medieval manuscript
Detail of a miniature of Eve, crowned, talking to the serpent, with an avenging angel above. Image taken from f. 5 of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomé... More
Giovanni Boccaccio - Cleopatra from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 101, illuminat...
Detail of a miniature of the death of Cleopatra. Image taken from f. 101 of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées). Written in French. The BL Royal Manu... More
Giovanni Boccaccio - Theoxena from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 85, illuminated...
Detail of a miniature of Theoxena in a ship, fleeing from Philip V of Macedon, and taking poison. Image taken from f. 85 of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et ... More
Giovanni Boccaccio - Queen of Orgiagon from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 87v, i...
Detail of a miniature of the queen of Orgiagon presenting the head of her ravisher to the king of the Gaulgres. Image taken from f. 87v of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de fe... More
Nicostrata or Carmenta from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 28v
Detail of a miniature of Nicostrata or Carmenta teaching. Image taken from f. 28v of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées). Written in French. The BL R... More
Giovanni Boccaccio - Sulpicia from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 81, illuminated...
Detail of a miniature of Sulpicia swinging a censor in the temple of Venus Verticordia. Image taken from f. 81 of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées).... More
Giovanni Boccaccio - Sempronia from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 93, illuminate...
Detail of a miniature of Sempronia, with a book, desk and musical instruments, being embraced by a man. Image taken from f. 93 of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobl... More
Giovanni Boccaccio - Agrippina from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 105, illuminat...
Detail of a miniature of Agrippina, the wife of Germanicus, refusing food. Image taken from f. 105 of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées). Written in ... More
Giovanni Boccaccio - Penthesilea from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 35v, illumin...
Detail of a miniature of Penthesilia, the queen of the Amazons, on horseback. Image taken from f. 35v of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées). Written ... More
Giovanni Boccaccio - Medusa from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 23v, illuminated ...
Detail of a miniature of Medusa on a ship. Image taken from f. 23v of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées). Written in French. The BL Royal Manuscript... More
Seneca and Pompeia Paulina from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 110
Detail of a miniature of Seneca and his wife Pompeia Paulina being bled to death. Image taken from f. 110 of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées). Writ... More
Giovanni Boccaccio - Ypone from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 65, illuminated ma...
Detail of a miniature of Ypone drowning herself from a ship. Image taken from f. 65 of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées). Written in French. The BL... More
Giovanni Boccaccio - Camilla from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 44, illuminated ...
Detail of a miniature of Camilla, queen of the Volscians, hunting. Image taken from f. 44 of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées). Written in French. ... More
Giovanni Boccaccio - Curie from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 97, illuminated ma...
Detail of a miniature of Curie hiding her husband on the roof. Image taken from f. 97 of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées). Written in French. The ... More
Giovanni Boccaccio - Deianira and Nessus from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 26v,...
Detail of a miniature of Deianira and Nessus crossing a river on horseback, with Hercules with a drawn bow. Image taken from f. 26v of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes... More
Giovanni Boccaccio - Niobe from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 18, illuminated ma...
Detail of a miniature of Niobe viewing the dead bodies of Amphion and two sons. Image taken from f. 18 of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées). Written... More
Giovanni Boccaccio - Wives of Cycabrons from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 94v, ...
Detail of a miniature of the wives of the Cycabrons hanging themselves. Image taken from f. 94v of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées). Written in Fre... More
Giovanni Boccaccio - Wives of Messenians from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 34, ...
Detail of a miniature of the wives of Messenians visiting their husbands in prison. Image taken from f. 34 of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées). Wri... More
Giovanni Boccaccio - Olympias from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 74v, illuminate...
Detail of a miniature of the death of Olympias, queen of Macedonia. Image taken from f. 74v of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées). Written in French.... More
Giovanni Boccaccio - Athaliah from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 62, illuminated...
Detail of a miniature of Athaliah ordering the slaughter of the princes of Judah, with her death by stoning behind. Image taken from f. 62 of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de... More
Giovanni Boccaccio - Virginia from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 72, illuminated...
Detail of a miniature of the death of Virginia. Image taken from f. 72 of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées). Written in French. The BL Royal Manusc... More
Giovanni Boccaccio - Engeldruda from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 122, illumina...
Detail of a miniature of Engeldruda being given in marriage to Guido by Emperor Otho. Image taken from f. 122 of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées). ... More
Giovanni Boccaccio - Boccaccio from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 3v, illuminate...
Detail of a miniature composed of four compartments of Boccaccio presenting the book to Andrea Acciaiuoli and a group of women. Image taken from f. 3v of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation ... More
Giovanni Boccaccio - Bocaccio from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 3v, illuminated...
Miniature composed of four compartments: 1. Boccaccio reading a book; 2. Boccaccio presenting the book to Andrea Acciaiuoli and a group of women; 3. A messenger presenting a letter to a lady; 4. A queen with fo... More
Giovanni Boccaccio - Lucretia from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 58, illuminated...
Detail of a miniature of Lucretia stabbing herself. Image taken from f. 58 of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées). Written in French. The BL Royal Ma... More
Giovanni Boccaccio - Arachne from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 21v, illuminated...
Detail of a miniature of Arachne weaving on a loom. Image taken from f. 21v of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées). Written in French. The BL Royal M... More
Giovanni Boccaccio - Zenobia from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 117v, illuminate...
Detail of a miniature of Zenobia hunting, and with her army, and a warrior kneeling before her. Image taken from f. 117v of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et ... More
Giovanni Boccaccio - Harmonia from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 82, illuminated...
Detail of a miniature of the death of Harmonia. Image taken from f. 82 of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées). Written in French. The BL Royal Manusc... More
Giovanni Boccaccio - Epicharis from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 109, illuminat...
Detail of a miniature of the torture of Epicharis. Image taken from f. 109 of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées). Written in French. The BL Royal Ma... More
Giovanni Boccaccio - Leonce from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 74, illuminated m...
Detail of a miniature of Leonce embraced by a man while reading philosophy. Image taken from f. 74 of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées). Written in ... More
Giovanni Boccaccio - Camiola from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 124, illuminated...
Detail of a miniature of Camiola of Siena delivering Roland from prison. Image taken from f. 124 of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées). Written in Fr... More
Giovanni Boccaccio - Queen with four women from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 3v...
Detail of a miniatureof a queen with four women playing musical instruments. Image taken from f. 3v of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées). Written in... More
Giovanni Boccaccio - Semiamira from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 115v, illumina...
Detail of a miniature of Semiamira among Roman senators. Image taken from f. 115v of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées). Written in French. The BL R... More
Giovanni Boccaccio - Lavinius from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 47v, illuminate...
Detail of a miniature of Lavinius nursing Julius Silvius, and Ascanius giving up the crown. Image taken from f. 47v of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renom... More
Giovanni Boccaccio - Aemilia from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 88v, illuminated...
Detail of a miniature of Aemilia, wife of Scipio Africanus, condoning her husband's affair with a slave. Image taken from f. 88v of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes no... More
Giovanni Boccaccio - Amalthea from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 27v, illuminate...
Detail of a miniature of Amalthea writing. Image taken from f. 27v of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées). Written in French. The BL Royal Manuscript... More
Giovanni Boccaccio - Agrippina from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 107, illuminat...
Detail of a miniature of the death of Agrippina, the mother of Nero. Image taken from f. 107 of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées). Written in French... More
Giovanni Boccaccio - Hypermnestra from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 16v, illumi...
Detail of a miniature of Hypermnestra sending away Lynceus and being arrested on the order of Danaus. Image taken from f. 16v of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes noble... More
Giovanni Boccaccio - Jeanne from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 127v, illuminated...
Detail of a miniature of Jeanne, queen of Jerusalem and Sicily, receiving gifts from her subjects. Image taken from f. 127v of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles ... More
Giovanni Boccaccio - Faustina from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 114v, illuminat...
Detail of a miniature of Faustina, the wife of Marcus Aurelius, with one of her lovers, and a man with an anvil. Image taken from f. 114v of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de ... More
Giovanni Boccaccio - Thisbe from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 15, illuminated m...
Detail of a miniature of Thisbe stabbing herself with a sword, after finding the body of Pyramis. Image taken from f. 15 of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et ... More
Giovanni Boccaccio - Irene from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 73v, illuminated m...
Miniature of Irene, daughter of Cratinus, painting a picture. Image taken from f. 73v of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées). Written in French. The ... More
Giovanni Boccaccio - Hortensia from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 98, illuminate...
Detail of a miniature of Hortensia pleading with the Triumvirs. Image taken from f. 98 of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées). Written in French. The... More
Giovanni Boccaccio - Circe from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 42v, illuminated m...
Detail of a miniature of Circe receiving travellers, with birds behind her. Image taken from f. 42v of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées). Written in... More
Giovanni Boccaccio - Orithyia and Antiope from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 22v...
Miniature of Orithyia and Antiope, queens of Amazons on horses, with a partial border and initial 'O'(richie), at the beginning of chapters XIX-XX. Image taken from f. 22v of De claris mulieribus in an anonymou... More
Giovanni Boccaccio - Rhea Silvia from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 55, illumina...
Detail of a miniature of men digging the grave of Rhea Silvia, with a wolf and twins behind. Image taken from f. 55 of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renom... More
Giovanni Boccaccio - Medea from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 20, illuminated ma...
Detail of a miniature of Medea, with Jason on a horse and a slaughter of a child with his sword, at the beginning of chapter 17. Image taken from f. 20 of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation... More
Giovanni Boccaccio - Gaia Caecilia from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 56, illumi...
Detail of a miniature of Gaia Caecilia or Tanaquil, with a loom, and women spinning. Image taken from f. 56 of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées). Wr... More
Giovanni Boccaccio - Antonia from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 104v, illuminate...
Detail of a miniature of Antonia rejecting her suitors. Image taken from f. 104v of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées). Written in French. The BL Ro... More
Mithridates VI and Hypsicratea from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 91v
Detail of a miniature of Mithridates VI and Hypiscratea in armour on horseback. Image taken from f. 91v of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées). Writte... More
Giovanni Boccaccio - Erithrean Sibyl from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 23, illu...
Detail of a miniature of the Erithrean Sibyl writing, with a partial border and a foliate initial 'E'(rithire), at the beginning of chapter XXI. Image taken from f. 23 of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous Fr... More
Neoptolemus and Polyxena from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 36v
Detail of a miniature of Neoptolemus sacrificing Polyxena at the tomb of Achilles. Image taken from f. 36v of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées). Wri... More
Boccaccio presenting his book from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 2
Detail of a miniature of Boccaccio presenting his book to the Countess. Image taken from f. 2 of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées). Written in Frenc... More
Giovanni Boccaccio - Gaia Caecilia from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 56, illumi...
Detail of a miniature of Gaia Caecilia or Tanaquil, with a loom, and women spinning. Image taken from f. 56 of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées). Wr... More
Giovanni Boccaccio - Berenice from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 86v, illuminate...
Detail of a miniature of Berenice avenging the death of her sons. Image taken from f. 86v of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées). Written in French. ... More
Messenger presenting a letter from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 3v
Detail of a miniature of a messenger presenting a letter to a lady. Image taken from f. 3v of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées). Written in French. ... More
Giovanni Boccaccio - Thamar from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 68v, illuminated ...
Detail of a miniature of Thamar painting her picture of Diana. Image taken from f. 68v of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées). Written in French. The... More