Constace empereur et royne de sicile · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Constace empereur et royne de sicile
Subject: Famous Women; Important Queens; Empress; Constance; Prophecies; Important Women
Period: 1450-1500;
Geographic: Ancient Rome; Italy; Sicily
Description: This illumination depicts a portrait of Constance, who was the empress of Rome and queen of Sicily. She is illustrated sitting down and holding a staff in her hands. Constance was forced to be a nun at a young age as a prophecy foretold that she would somehow cause the destruction of Sicily. Her father, William, put her in a convent to prevent the prophecy from happening. At an older age, Constance was married to emperor Henry and bore a son at the age of fifty-five. Her son, Frederick, grows up to be the one to fulfill the prophecy that King William was fearful of.
Image Creator: Robinet Testard (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:18110
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_18110_OBJ.png
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Famous Women; Important Queens; Empress; Constance; Prophecies; Important Women