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Title
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Cy apres sensuit histoire de turie de quint lucrecien femme
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Description
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This illumination depicts Turia, a Roman woman and wife of Quintus Lucretius, in the centre of the image with her hands together as she expresses a look of despair. After her husband had gotten proscribed, Turia kept her husband safe within their house so that he would not have to go to war. She took care of him and went in public and pretended to have lost her husband so that no one would suspect that he was home. This image depicts Turia out in public pretending to be upset while looking for her 'lost' husband. There are other citizens in the image pointing and looking at Turia. Boccaccio explains that he wrote on Turia to highlight her devotion to her husband.
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Image Creator
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Master of Boethius (Illuminator)
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Identifier
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mta:20081
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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_20081_OBJ.jpg
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Subject
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Important Women
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Famous Women
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Devotion
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Quintus Hortensius
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War
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Turia