Cy apres sensuit hystoire de la tres belle europe royne des certessiens · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Cy apres sensuit hystoire de la tres belle europe royne des certessiens
Period: 1400-1450;
Geographic: Ancient Greece; Crete; Phoenicia
Description: This image illustrates the beautiful Europa being kidnapped by Jupiter. Europa is depicted on the left side of the image with a crown on her head. Boccaccio explains that Europa was convinced by a panderer to follow him to the shores of Phoenicia, where she was then kidnapped and put onto a ship by Jupiter. There is a man standing in front of Europa, presumed to be either Jupiter or the panderer. Europa was placed on the ship that is illustrated on the right side of the image and taken to Crete. There is a white bull emblem on the flag of the ship, which is a symbol of the god Jupiter. The original tale suggests that Jupiter transformed into a white bull and rode with Europa on his back to Crete.
Image Creator: Anonymous (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:18424
Language: frm
Source Name: 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]
Parent Collection: 1401 Florence; 1401 Florence
Image: mta_18424_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Important Women; Famous Women; Important Queens; Roman Mythology; Jupiter; Abduction; Europa

Media: mta_18424_OBJ.jpg