Jehan d'angleterre qui sut pape · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Jehan d'angleterre qui sut pape
Period: 1450-1500;
Geographic: Vatican City; Italy; England; Ancient Rome
Description: In order to follow her lover to England while he attended school, a maiden named Joan disguised herself as a man and went to school with her lover. Joan had excelled in academics and became incredibly knowledgeable. Continuing to dress as a man, Joan went to Rome and was eventually elected to succeed as Pope, known as Pope John. Pope John (Joan) is illustrated on the left side of the image dressed as a man while wearing papal regalia and the triregnum on her head. There are ecclesiastic women, presumably nuns, standing in front of Pope John (Joan) as he appears to be speaking with them.
Image Creator: Anonymous (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:17116
Language: frm
Source Name: De la louenge et vertu des nobles et cleres dames [Of praise and virtue of the noble and clergy women]
Parent Collection: 1493 Paris; 1493 Paris
Image: mta_17116_OBJ.png
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Famous Women; Joan; Pope John; Popes; Important Women