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Title
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[Dripetrua Eating Food with her Two Sets of Teeth]
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Description
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This illustration depicts a woman named Dripetrua, the daughter of king Mithridates VI of Pontus. Boccaccio explains that she was born with two sets of teeth, however, this image depicts Dripetrua with what appears to be three faces. She is depicted putting food into the two mouths on each side of her face.
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Image Creator
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Anonymous (Illuminator)
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Identifier
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mta:12025
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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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mta_12025_OBJ.jpg
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Subject
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Important Women
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Deformities
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Dripetrua