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Title
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Von Amalthea oder deyphebe der sibilla
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Description
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This engraving depicts the sibyl, Amalthea, burning 3 books in a fire in front of Tarquinius Priscus. We know that these figures are Amalthea and Tarquinius Priscus as their names are engraved beside their bodies. Amalthea, as explained by Boccaccio, brought 9 books for Tarquinius Priscus, and when he failed to pay her the full price for them, she burned 3 books at a time until he paid her in full. The word Libri is engraved below the fire, which translates to books in English. These books had the prophecies of Amalthea written in them.
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Image Creator
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Anonymous (Engraver)
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Identifier
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mta:17978
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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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mta_17978_OBJ.png
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Subject
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Famous Women
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Sibyls
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Tarquinius Priscus
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Important Women