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Title
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La feme drigiagoute roy des gallateres
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Description
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This illumination depicts the queen of the Galatians standing on the left side of the image as she watches her servant decapitate a man. This woman’s name is unknown; however, she is the wife of King Drigiagon. After being taken as a captive of Roman enemies, the Galatian queen was defiled by a Roman centurion. To seek her vengeance, once she was freed through ransom, she ordered her servant to decapitate the man who raped her. This image depicts her servant attacking the centurion with his sword. The Galatian queen uses the severed head to prove to her husband that she was defiled by this man. Boccaccio explains that she wrote on this woman to highlight her daring and courageous nature.
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Image Creator
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Robinet Testard (Illuminator)
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Identifier
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mta:18082
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Source Name
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Boccace, Des cleres et nobles femmes, traduction française anonyme [Boccaccio, The cleric and noble women, anonymous French translation]
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Image
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Subject
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Famous Women
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Important Queens
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Wife of Drigiagon
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Vengeance
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Rape
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Important Women
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