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Title
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Cy apres sensuit histoire de virginee vierge fille de virgine
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Description
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This illustration depicts Verginius, a plebeian man, swinging his sword in the air as he about to kill his daughter Verginia, who is sitting in front of him. To protect his daughter’s chastity, Verginius stabbed Verginia as death would be better than her honour being destroyed. The men illustrated behind Verginius are most likely Appius Claudius and Lucius Icilius, as they were present in Boccaccio’s telling of the story.
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Image Creator
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Master of Boethius (Illuminator)
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Identifier
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mta:20043
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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_20043_OBJ.jpg
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Subject
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Verginius
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Important Women
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Famous Women
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Chastity
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Roman Legend
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Verginia