Mantô pyromancienne sur son île · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Mantô pyromancienne sur son île
Period: 1400-1450;
Geographic: Cisalpine Gaul; Lake Garda
Description: Manto is in the act of performing pyromancy, what she was known for. This is when she uses the way flames look and behave to predict the future – she was a soothsayer. After giving birth to a son, she moved to an island near Lake Garda – this is where the scene takes place.
Image Creator: Master of the Cleres Femmes of the Duke of Berry (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:19875
Language: fre
Source Name: Livre des Femmes Nobles et Renommées
Parent Collection: 1403 Paris; 1403 Paris
Image: mta_19875_OBJ.png
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Flames; Island; Soothsayer; Manto; Pyromancy