Cy sensuit histoire de gaie crille femme de tarquin roi des rommains · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Cy sensuit histoire de gaie crille femme de tarquin roi des rommains
Period: 1400-1450;
Geographic: Italy; Ancient Rome
Description: This illumination depicts Gaia Cyrilla, the wife of King Tarquinius Priscus, standing in the background of the image spinning wool. She is illustrated wearing a blue dress and a crown to signify her royal status. She is depicted spinning as she was renowned for being skilled in the art of weaving during her time. There are other women in the image who are also working with wool. Boccaccio believes Gaia Cyrilla to be praiseworthy as wool working was an admirable craft.
Image Creator: Master of Boethius (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:19953
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_19953_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Tarquinius Priscus; Important Women; Famous Women; Important Queens; Wool Work; Weaving; Gaia Cyrilla