Ysis déesse et royne des egyptiens · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Ysis déesse et royne des egyptiens
Period: 1450-1500;
Geographic: Ancient Egypt; The Argives; Ancient Greece
Description: This illuminated image depicts Isis, previously called Io, holding an oar as she rows a ship. The ship has an emblem of a cow on the left side which symbolizes her transformation into a cow. She had been transformed into a cow by the god Jupiter, and after she was turned back into a human, she boarded a ship and sailed to Egypt. This image depicts her on her way to Egypt, where she eventually becomes queen and becomes deified.
Image Creator: Robinet Testard (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:17129
Language: frm
Source Name: Boccace, Des cleres et nobles femmes, traduction française anonyme [Boccaccio, The cleric and noble women, anonymous French translation]
Parent Collection: Boccace, Des cleres et nobles femmes, traduction française anonyme. Illuminations by Robinet Testard (1488-1496); Boccace, Des cleres et nobles femmes, traduction française anonyme. Illuminations by Robinet Testard (1488-1496)
Image: mta_17129_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Important Women; Famous Women; Important Queens; Transformation; Roman Mythology; Isis; Io