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Theoxena fleeing in a ship from BL Royal 20 C V, f. 110v

Theoxena fleeing in a ship from BL Royal 20 C V, f. 110v

Miniature of Theoxena, in a ship, fleeing from Philip V of Macedon, and giving a child poison. Image taken from f. 110v of Des cleres et nobles femmes, De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (i... More

Giovanni Boccaccio - Theoxena from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 85, illuminated manuscript

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

Miniature showing 1. Theoxena and Poris exiting Thessalonica with children and belongings; 2. Theoxena, Poris and children, on a boat near the shore, commit suicide, as a ship full of Macedonian soldiers pursues them.  Initial, border design.

Miniature showing 1. Theoxena and Poris exiting Thessalonica with chil...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated book page, 14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.