Jehanne de Jerusalem et de Secille royne · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Jehanne de Jerusalem et de Secille royne
Subject: Joanna; Important Women; Famous Women; Joanna I of Naples
Period: 1450-1500;
Geographic: Sicily; Naples; Jerusalem; Italy
Description: This image depicts Joanna, the queen of Jerusalem and Sicily, sitting on a throne while holding a scepter. She is wearing a crown to symbolize her status of queen. There is a man looking at the queen through a window on the right side of the illustration. Boccaccio praises Joanna for her lineage and the extent of her power and rule.
Image Creator: Robinet Testard (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:25508
Language: frm
Source Name: Boccace, Des cleres et nobles femmes, traduction française anonyme [Boccaccio, The cleric and noble women, anonymous French translation]
Parent Collection: Boccace, Des cleres et nobles femmes, traduction française anonyme. Illuminations by Robinet Testard (1488-1496); Boccace, Des cleres et nobles femmes, traduction française anonyme. Illuminations by Robinet Testard (1488-1496)
Image: mta_25508_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Joanna; Important Women; Famous Women; Joanna I of Naples