Circes qui sut une tres rénommée femme et sut fille du souleil · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Circes qui sut une tres rénommée femme et sut fille du souleil
Subject: Magic; Herbs; Famous Women; Important Women; Circe
Period: 1450-1500;
Geographic: Italy; Aetheum
Description: This illumination depicts a portrait of a woman named Circe, who is known as the daughter of the sun. Boccaccio explains that Circe was incredibly skilled at working with herbs for her magic and would often use enchantments to change people who arrived on her shores into animals. Circe is depicted holding a plant in the illustration to demonstrate her involvement with herbs and magic.
Image Creator: Robinet Testard (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:17561
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_17561_OBJ.png
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Magic; Herbs; Famous Women; Important Women; Circe