Virginia, femme de Lucius Voluminus, chassée du temple de Chasteté · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Virginia, femme de Lucius Voluminus, chassée du temple de Chasteté
Period: 1400-1450;
Geographic: Rome
Description: Being the wife of a plebeian, Verginia was cast out of the temple of chastity as a result of a quarrel. She left very angrily, defending her honor and her husband’s good deeds, while the rest of the women stayed in the temple. These women can be seen to the left of the image standing under a temple, while Verginia, wearing a blue gown, is escorted out by a man.
Image Creator: Master of the Cleres Femmes of the Duke of Berry (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:20191
Language: fre
Source Name: Livre des Femmes Nobles et Renommées
Parent Collection: 1403 Paris; 1403 Paris
Image: mta_20191_OBJ.png
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Plebeian; Temple; Verginia; Chastity