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Title
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Portie fille de caton marcuse
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Description
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This illumination depicts a portrait of Portia, the daughter of Marcus Cato and wife of Brutus. Brutus was one of the people involved in the conspiracy to assassinate Julius Caesar. When Brutus told Portia of the conspiracy, she takes a barber’s knife and stabs her foot with it. She does this to prepare herself in case she has to kill herself should the conspiracy not work out in Brutus’ favour. Portia is depicted holding the razor in her hand in this image. She eventually kills herself by swallowing hot coals when she finds out that Brutus had died.
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Image Creator
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Robinet Testard (Illuminator)
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Identifier
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mta:18091
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Source Name
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Boccace, Des cleres et nobles femmes, traduction française anonyme [Boccaccio, The cleric and noble women, anonymous French translation]
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Image
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Subject
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Famous Women
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Portia
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Noble Women
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Brutus
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Julius Caesar
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Conspiracies
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Assassination
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Important Women