Nicole royne des ethiopiens · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Nicole royne des ethiopiens
Subject: Famous Women; Important Queens; Wisdom; Intellect; Nicaula; Important Women
Period: 1450-1500;
Geographic: Jerusalem; Levant; Ethiopia; North Africa
Description: This illumination depicts a portrait of a woman named Nicaula, who was the queen of Ethiopia. Nicaula is renowned for her incredible intellect, and for her determination to meet king Solomon of Jerusalem. When Nicaula heard of the wisdom of Solomon, she traveled from Ethiopia to Jerusalem just to meet him and speak with him.
Image Creator: Robinet Testard (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:17965
Language: frm
Source Name: Boccace, Des cleres et nobles femmes, traduction française anonyme [Boccaccio, The cleric and noble women, anonymous French translation]
Parent Collection: Boccace, Des cleres et nobles femmes, traduction française anonyme. Illuminations by Robinet Testard (1488-1496); Boccace, Des cleres et nobles femmes, traduction française anonyme. Illuminations by Robinet Testard (1488-1496)
Image: mta_17965_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Famous Women; Important Queens; Wisdom; Intellect; Nicaula; Important Women