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Title
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Cy apres sensuit hystoire de panphile fille de platee
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Description
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This illumination depicts a Greek woman named Pamphile. She is said to have been the first person to pick cotton from plants, which is why she is illustrated picking cotton in the image. There is a spindle and distaff depicted behind her as she is also renowned for having combed and spun the cotton into thread.
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Image Creator
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Anonymous (Illuminator)
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Identifier
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mta:18455
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Source Name
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Livre que fist Jehan BOCACE de Certalde des cleres et nobles femmes, lequel il envoia à Audice de Accioroles de Florence, contesse de Haulteville [Book from Giovanni Boccaccio of Certaldo called the cleric and noble women, of which he sent to Audice Accioroles of Florence, Countess of Haulteville]
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Image
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mta_18455_OBJ.jpg
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Subject
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Cotton
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Weaving
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Important Women
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Famous Women
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Pamphile