De Busa camusina apula muliere · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: De Busa camusina apula muliere
Period: 1450-1500;
Geographic: Cannae; Canusium; Apulia; Italy
Description: This engraving depicts a woman named Busa on the left-side of the image looking at the group of people in front of her. We know that this figure is Busa as the creator engraved her name above her head. Boccaccio explains that after a city called Cannae was attacked by Hannibal the Carthaginian, the people fled to Canusium. Busa opened her home graciously to the people who fled the danger of war and provided them with hospitality and food. These are the people who are depicted sitting around Busa’s table.
Image Creator: Anonymous (Engraver)
Type: Text; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:12126
Language: lat
Source Name: De Claris Mulieribus
Parent Collection: 1473 Ulm; 1473 Ulm
Image: mta_12126_OBJ.png
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Busa; Hospitality; Hannibal; War; Important Women