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Title
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Cy apres sensuit hystoire de la belle pocris femme de cephale
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Description
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When Cephalus was told that his wife (Procris) would abandon him in exchange for money and treasures, Cephalus began testing his wife. Cephalus would disguise himself and offer her gold and treasures in exchange for her love. This is depicted in the foreground of the image, with Cephalus kneeling and presenting a box of treasures to Procris. Procris rejected the disguised Cephalus multiple times, however, she eventually accepted his treasures. Procris regretted what she had done to her husband. To punish herself, Procris went to live in the woods. Cephalus had been hunting one day and had mistaken his wife for an animal and shot her. Cephalus is illustrated in the background of the illustration holding a bow in his hands. Procris is on the right side of the image with an arrow protruding from her chest after being mistakenly shot by Cephalus. There is a deer beside Procris as this was the animal Cephalus mistook her for.
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Image Creator
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Anonymous (Illuminator)
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Identifier
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mta:18440
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Source Name
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Livre que fist Jehan BOCACE de Certalde des cleres et nobles femmes, lequel il envoia à Audice de Accioroles de Florence, contesse de Haulteville [Book from Giovanni Boccaccio of Certaldo called the cleric and noble women, of which he sent to Audice Accioroles of Florence, Countess of Haulteville]
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Image
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Subject
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Cephalus
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Important Women
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Famous Women
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Marriage
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Procris
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