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Title
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Von Nycostrata oder Carmenta
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Description
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This engraving depicts Nicostrata, a woman who was a famous prophetess during her time, holding a scroll of parchment. We know that this is Nicostrata as the creator engraved her name beside her body. Nicostrata had gone with her son, Evander, to Italy and he founded the city of Pallantium. Boccaccio explains that once Nicostrata realized that the inhabitants of this city were not well educated or literate, she decided to give them their own language with their own letters and symbols. This was the Latin language. Nicostrata taught the new letters and language to the people of Pallantium, which is what the engraving depicts. There are people sitting on the ground who are listening intently to the prophetess, as she is holding the parchment and pointing at the letters.
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Image Creator
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Anonymous (Engraver)
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Identifier
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mta:17979
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Source Name
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Hyenach volget der kurcz syn von ettlichen frauen von denen johannes boccacius in latein beschriben hat und doctor heinricus stainhöwel geteütschet [Following the short stories of several women of which Giovanni Boccaccio wrote in Latin, and doctor Heinrich Steinhöwel translated]
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Image
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Subject
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Important Women
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Famous Women
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Latin Language
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Roman Legends
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Prophets
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Nicostrata
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