Constance emperiere romaine et royne de sicille · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Constance emperiere romaine et royne de sicille
Subject: Constance; Important Women; Famous Women
Period: 1450-1500;
Geographic: Sicily; Ancient Rome; Italy
Description: This image appears in the chapter that treats Constance, the empress of Rome and the queen of Sicily. The image depicts many towers that are on fire with flames emerging from all of the windows. This is to represent the chaos that ensues after Constance’s father, King William of Sicily, had died and there was conflict regarding who should take the throne. Wars broke out and cities burned, which is why there are burning buildings in this image. The wars subsided when Constance left her position as a nun at a cloister and took the throne.
Image Creator: Anonymous (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:25537
Language: frm
Source Name: De la louenge et vertu des nobles et cleres dames [Of praise and virtue of the noble and clergy women]
Parent Collection: 1493 Paris; 1493 Paris
Image: mta_25537_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Constance; Important Women; Famous Women