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Title
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Agrippine mere de neron
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Description
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This illumination depicts a portrait of a woman named Agrippina holding a mushroom while looking at herself in what appears to be a mirror. Agrippina is famous for being the mother of Emperor Nero and being a powerful empress. She married Emperor Claudius (who was also her uncle) and is said to have killed him by poisoning mushrooms that he ate in order to make her son the emperor.
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Image Creator
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Robinet Testard (Illuminator)
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Identifier
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mta:18099
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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_18099_OBJ.png
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Subject
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Famous Women
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Noble Women
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Agrippina
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Agrippina the Younger
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Nero
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Claudius
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Emperors
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Assassination
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Important Women