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Title
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La femme adelphe nomme probe
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Description
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This illumination depicts Proba holding a stick in her hand as she points to the world. This is to represent her teaching history to the world. Proba is renowned for her intellect and intensive knowledge of literature, including works from Virgil. Proba had taken lines from the Aeneid, Bucolics, and the Georgics and transformed them into a cento focusing on the Old and New Testaments. Proba was said to have known the Scriptures by memory, which was something not even many men were able to do.
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Image Creator
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Robinet Testard (Illuminator)
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Identifier
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mta:18104
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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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mta_18104_OBJ.png
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Subject
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Adelphus
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Old Testament
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New Testament
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Important Women
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Famous Women
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Literature
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Poetry
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Cento
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Virgil
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Homer
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Proba