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Title
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Von Cere der göttin der früchten ein küngtin von sicilia
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Description
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Ceres is depicted on the right-hand side of the engraving wearing a crown and holding a scepter. We know this is Ceres as her name is written beside her scepter. We also know this is Ceres as she is the goddess of harvest, which is what this engraving depicts. Boccaccio explains that after discovering agriculture, Ceres had tamed oxen and trained them to yoke. She also discovered planting seeds and then taught men how to harvest them once they matured. There is one man plowing the fields with the oxen, and another in the background husking grain. There is another man with a bag of flour over his head, as Ceres also taught men how to turn flour into an edible fare. Ceres wears the crown and scepter to signify her importance linked to agriculture and harvest.
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Image Creator
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Anonymous (Engraver)
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Identifier
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mta:17120
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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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Famous Women
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Roman Mythology
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Ceres
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Agriculture
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Harvest
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Important Women
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