[Sappho Sitting While She Reads] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Sappho Sitting While She Reads]
Period: 1400-1450;
Geographic: Ancient Greece; Aegean Sea; Lesbos
Description: This illumination depicts the famous poetess, Sappho, sitting on the left side of the image looking at her book which is placed on the lectern in front of her. The book in front of her is assumed to be some of her own poetry. She is illustrated wearing an orange dress and a head piece. There are three people on the right side of the image who are most likely other poets. Boccaccio explains that Sappho was included among the most famous of poets.
Image Creator: Master of Boethius (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:19954
Language: frm
Source Name: Des cleres et nobles femmes, De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation
Parent Collection: 1410 Paris; 1410 Paris
Image: mta_19954_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Important Women; Famous Women; Poetry; Literature; Music; Sappho