Cy sensuit hystoire de opis la tres noble qui su seur ensemble et epouse du tres ancien roy Saturne · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Cy sensuit hystoire de opis la tres noble qui su seur ensemble et epouse du tres ancien roy Saturne
Subject: Ops; Saturn; Titan; Gods; Goddesses; Roman Mythology; Opis
Period: 1400-1450;
Geographic: Ancient Greece; Ancient Rome
Description: This illumination depicts Opis, also known as Ops, sitting on a throne in the centre of the image holding a scepter and wearing a crown. Her two brothers, Saturn (who is also her husband) and Titan are standing behind her. Saturn and Titan appear to be looking down towards Opis’ stomach, as she is pregnant with Saturn’s children. Once the children, Jupiter, Neptune, and Pluto are born, Saturn and Titan attempt to kill them, which is why they are looking ominously at her stomach.
Image Creator: Master of Boethius (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:19804
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_19804_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Ops; Saturn; Titan; Gods; Goddesses; Roman Mythology; Opis