[Tertia Aemilia Marrying off the Slave who Committed Adultery with her Husband] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Tertia Aemilia Marrying off the Slave who Committed Adultery with her Husband]
Subject: Tertia Aemilia; Adultery; Important Women
Period: 1450-1500;
Geographic: Italy; Ancient Rome
Description: Tertia Aemilia is illustrated on the far-right side of the image, wearing a blue dress and a crown to signify her noble status. She is married to the Roman general Scipio Africanus, who fell in love with a young servant girl and began having an affair with her. To avoid this secret going public and ruining her noble reputation, Tertia Aemilia set the servant girl free married her off to a freedman. This image depicts the marriage ceremony between the young servant girl and the freedman, who are holding hands in the centre of the image in front of the priest. The left side of the image depicts Scipio Africanus looking upset as he watches his mistress get married.
Image Creator: Anonymous (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:12024
Language: frm
Source Name: De la louenge et vertu des nobles et cleres dames [Of praise and virtue of the noble and clergy women]
Parent Collection: 1493 Paris; 1493 Paris
Image: mta_12024_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Tertia Aemilia; Adultery; Important Women