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Title
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Penelopee femme de Ulixes
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Description
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This illuminated image depicts a woman named Penelope, who was the wife of the hero Ulysses. Penelope is renowned for having remained chaste while her husband was away fighting in the Trojan War. Ulysses was gone for ten years during the war, and another ten years trying to get back home. Penelope had many suitors over the twenty years of Ulysses’ absence, however she remained faithful to her husband.
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Image Creator
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Robinet Testard (Illuminator)
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Identifier
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mta:17708
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Source Name
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Boccace, Des cleres et nobles femmes, traduction française anonyme [Boccaccio, The cleric and noble women, anonymous French translation]
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Image
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mta_17708_OBJ.png
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Subject
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Famous Women
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Important Queens
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Ulysses
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The Trojan War
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Devotion
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Chastity
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Penelope
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Important Women