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Title
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Virginie vierge fille de virginus
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Description
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This illumination depicts a portrait of a woman named Verginia. Verginia was a Roman woman and daughter to a name man Verginius. Verginia is famous for having been killed by her father to save her from slavery. A decemvir had fallen in love with Verginia and devised a plan to make her a slave so that he could have her as his own. Her father stabbed her to save her and her chastity from being defiled.
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Image Creator
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Robinet Testard (Illuminator)
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Identifier
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mta:18036
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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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mta_18036_OBJ.jpg
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Subject
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Verginius
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Chastity
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Important Women
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Famous Women
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Verginia