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Title
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Cy apres sensuit de eugubora de florentine vierge
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Description
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This illumination depicts the Florentine maiden named Engeldruda on the right side of the image wearing a pink dress. Engeldruda is famous for having spoken up against her father to protect her chastity. Boccaccio explains that Emperor Otho IV had gone to Florence for a festival, and when he noticed the beauty of Engeldruda, he asked her father who she was. Engeldruda’s father had offered her up to the emperor as if her chastity meant nothing to him. She rose up and spoke against her father for having done this. The emperor was so impressed with Engeldruda, he offered a nobleman named Guido to be her husband. Emperor Otho IV, Engeldruda’s father, and Guido are all depicted in the image. The emperor is most likely the figure depicted in blue, while her father is the older man on the left side of the image. Guido is assumed to be the one holding Engeldruda’s hand.
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Image Creator
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Anonymous (Illuminator)
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Identifier
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mta:19777
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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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Otho IV
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Guido
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Important Women
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Famous Women
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Bravery
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Engeldruda
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