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
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 - 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 - 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 - 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
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 - 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
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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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
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 - Jocasta and Oedipus from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 27, ...
Detail of a miniature of Jocasta killing herself, while Oedipus puts out his eyes and Polynices and Eteocles kill each other. Image taken from f. 27 of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (L... More
Giovanni Boccaccio - Poppaea Sabina from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 111, illu...
Detail of a miniature of Poppaea Sabina, wife of Nero, in a horse litter. Image taken from f. 111 of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées). Written in F... More
Giovanni Boccaccio - Cloelia from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 64v, illuminated...
Detail of a miniature of Cloelia on horseback crossing the Tiber. Image taken from f. 64v of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées). Written in French. ... More