Pour éviter la torture, Epycaris se pend · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Pour éviter la torture, Epycaris se pend
Subject: Noose; Suicide; Torture; Silence; Epicharis
Period: 1400-1450;
Geographic: Putcoli
Description: When Epicharis was held captive and tortured in attempt to have her reveal information, she found herself growing too weak to bear the torture. She decided to commit suicide in order to escape a third round of torture. She tied a noose and hung herself. In the image, she is found dead holding her noose, while the men who were questioning her find her body. These men surround her in the image, examining the situation.
Image Creator: Master of the Cleres Femmes of the Duke of Berry (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:20248
Language: fre
Source Name: Livre des Femmes Nobles et Renommées
Parent Collection: 1403 Paris; 1403 Paris
Image: mta_20248_OBJ.png
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Noose; Suicide; Torture; Silence; Epicharis