Cy apres sensuit histoire de la tres ancienne ysis deesse et royne des egipciens · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Cy apres sensuit histoire de la tres ancienne ysis deesse et royne des egipciens
Period: 1400-1450;
Geographic: Ancient Greece; The Argives; Ancient Egypt
Description: This illumination depicts the goddess Isis (previously known as Io) on a ship as she arrives in Egypt. It is unknown how she acquired Egypt; however, she becomes queen and eventually a venerated goddess. She is wearing a crown to demonstrate her royal status. There are people depicted on the shore as they welcome Isis to Egypt.
Image Creator: Master of Boethius (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:19817
Language: frm
Source Name: Des cleres et nobles femmes, De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation
Parent Collection: 1410 Paris; 1410 Paris
Image: mta_19817_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Io; Important Women; Famous Women; Important Queens; Isis