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Title
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Cy sensuit histoire de marcie qui sut de varron vierge perpetuelle
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Description
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This illumination depicts the young Roman virgin Marcia holding a mirror in her right hand while she combs her hair with her left. There is a table with painting and sculpting supplies in front of Marcia as she was a painter and is preparing to paint a self-portrait in this image. Boccaccio explains that Marcia is worthy of renown for her chastity and for her sculpting and painting abilities. She is known to have mostly painted and sculpted figures of women.
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Image Creator
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Master of Boethius (Illuminator)
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Identifier
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mta:20051
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Source Name
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Des cleres et nobles femmes, De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation
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Image
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mta_20051_OBJ.jpg
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Subject
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Important Women
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Famous Women
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Painting
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Sculpture
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Marcia