Cy apres sensuit cornifice poestesse · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Cy apres sensuit cornifice poestesse
Subject: Important Women; Famous Women; Poetry; Writing; Literature; Cornificia
Period: 1400-1450;
Geographic: Italy; Ancient Rome
Description: This illumination depicts a woman named Cornificia sitting down as she looks at a book. Cornificia is famous for her poetry and writing abilities. She is said to have written many Heliconian verses which were highly esteemed. Boccaccio explains that she is worthy of praise as poetry and writing was not something women excelled in or pursued during Cornificia’s time.
Image Creator: Anonymous (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:18518
Language: frm
Source Name: Livre que fist Jehan BOCACE de Certalde des cleres et nobles femmes, lequel il envoia à Audice de Accioroles de Florence, contesse de Haulteville [Book from Giovanni Boccaccio of Certaldo called the cleric and noble women, of which he sent to Audice Accioroles of Florence, Countess of Haulteville]
Parent Collection: 1401 Florence; 1401 Florence
Image: mta_18518_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Important Women; Famous Women; Poetry; Writing; Literature; Cornificia