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Title
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Cy apres sensuit de sabie pompee femme de nouron
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Description
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This illumination depicts Sabina Poppaea, the wife of Emperor Nero, lying dead in a chariot as she is carried to her funeral. Despite Roman traditions of cremation, Emperor Nero had a public burial for his wife and had her body placed in a sepulcher. Boccaccio explains that Emperor Nero had gotten angry and kicked Sabina in the stomach while she was pregnant, which was the cause of her untimely death. She is illustrated wearing a pink dress and a crown in this illustration.
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Image Creator
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Anonymous (Illuminator)
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Identifier
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mta:18568
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Source Name
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Livre que fist Jehan BOCACE de Certalde des cleres et nobles femmes, lequel il envoia à Audice de Accioroles de Florence, contesse de Haulteville [Book from Giovanni Boccaccio of Certaldo called the cleric and noble women, of which he sent to Audice Accioroles of Florence, Countess of Haulteville]
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Image
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mta_18568_OBJ.jpg
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Subject
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Emperor Nero
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Important Women
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Famous Women
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Noble Women
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Sabina Poppaea