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Title
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Cy apres sensuit de la feme drigiagontes des gaule grecs roy
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Description
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This illumination depicts the queen of the Galatians standing in the centre of the image holding a decapitated head. This woman’s name is unknown; however, she is the wife of King Drigiagon. After being taken as a captive by Roman enemies, the Galatian queen was defiled by a Roman centurion. To seek her vengeance, once she was freed through ransom, she ordered her servant to decapitate the centurion who raped her. The body of the centurion is depicted on the left side of the image with his head severed. The man who cut his head off is illustrated standing above the boxy with a bloody axe. The Galatian queen is holding the severed head as she presents it to her husband to prove that she was defiled by this man. Boccaccio explains that she wrote on this woman to highlight her daring and courageous nature.
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Image Creator
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Anonymous (Illuminator)
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Identifier
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mta:18497
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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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Subject
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Important Women
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Important Queens
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Vengeance
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King Drigiagon
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Rape
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Famous Women
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