Cy apres sensuit histoire de Jehanne de iherusalem et de scicille royne · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Cy apres sensuit histoire de Jehanne de iherusalem et de scicille royne
Subject: Joanna I of Naples; Important Women; Famous Women
Period: 1400-1450;
Geographic: Sicily; Jerusalem; Italy
Description: This illumination depicts Queen Joanna of Jerusalem and Sicily sitting on a throne with her subjects surrounding her. She is depicted wearing a crown to demonstrate her royal status. Her subjects appear to be handing her gifts. Boccaccio explains that Joanna was a praiseworthy subject to write on as she was an impressive and fierce ruler which was not common for women during her time.
Image Creator: Master of Boethius (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:25607
Language: frm
Source Name: Des cleres et nobles femmes, De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation
Parent Collection: 1410 Paris; 1410 Paris
Image: mta_25607_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Joanna I of Naples; Important Women; Famous Women