Cy sensuit histoire de arthemese royne de care · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Cy sensuit histoire de arthemese royne de care
Subject: Important Women; Important Queens; Famous Women; Military; War; Artemisia
Period: 1400-1450;
Geographic: Halicarnassus; Caria
Description: This illumination depicts Artemisia, the queen of Caria, standing on the left side of the image holding a sword as she looks down at dead bodies on the ground. She has soldiers dressed in armour standing behind her. Artemisia was renowned for her military leadership as she had taken up arms against her enemies multiple times.
Image Creator: Master of Boethius (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:20042
Language: frm
Source Name: Des cleres et nobles femmes, De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation
Parent Collection: 1410 Paris; 1410 Paris
Image: mta_20042_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Important Women; Important Queens; Famous Women; Military; War; Artemisia