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Title
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Cy apres sensuit histoire de dripetrue de laodoce royne et du grand mitridace fille
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Description
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This illumination depicts a Dripetrua at a dinner table with her father, King Mithridates of Pontus. They are both depicted wearing crowns. Boccaccio explains that Dripetrua was born with two sets of teeth and was incredibly hideous, however, she was also very devoted to her father, which deserved praise.
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Image Creator
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Master of Boethius (Illuminator)
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Identifier
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mta:20073
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Source Name
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Des cleres et nobles femmes, De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation
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Image
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mta_20073_OBJ.jpg
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Subject
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Important Women
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Important Queens
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Mithridates the Great
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Filial Devotion
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Dripetrua
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Famous Women