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Title
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La tres belle et tres noble Nicostrate ou carmete fille du roy yone
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Description
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This illuminated image depicts a woman named Nicostrata (also called Carmenta) in front of a lectern as she writes in a book with a quill. She is the queen of Arcadia, which is why she is depicted wearing a crown in this illustration. When Nicostrata and her son, Evander, sailed to a new land to which he named Palatine, she discovered that the inhabitants were not well educated or literate. Nicostrata, an incredibly intellectual woman, created a new language with new letters for the people of Palatine which would be known as the Latin language. This image depicts her writing and creating this new language in her book.
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Image Creator
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Robinet Testard (Illuminator)
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Identifier
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mta:17145
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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_17145_OBJ.jpg
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Subject
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Important Women
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Famous Women
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Important Queens
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Latin Language
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Nicostrata
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Carmenta