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Title
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[Berenice Avenging her Sons’ Deaths]
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Description
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Berenice, the queen of Cappadocia, is illustrated on the right side of the image standing on a chariot which is being drawn by horses as she holds a lance in her right hand. She is wearing a crown and royal garb to signify her royal status. She is depicted plunging the lance into a man’s neck as he stands behind one of the horses with his arm in the air with a shocked expression on his face. There is a shepherd on the left side of the illustration watching the scene unfold. Boccaccio explains that her brother, Mithridates had her sons killed. Caeneus, a servant and the one who committed the crime is the person Berenice chased down and killed while in the chariot. However, this illustration depicts a man wearing a crown and royal clothing as the one Berenice is killing. The man in the illustration could possibly be her brother, Mithridates, however, Boccaccio explains that the one Berenice kills is in fact Caeneus.
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Image Creator
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Anonymous (Illuminator)
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Identifier
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mta:12022
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Source Name
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De la louenge et vertu des nobles et cleres dames [Of praise and virtue of the noble and clergy women]
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Image
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Subject
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Important Queens
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Vengeance
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Important Women
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Berenice
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