Cy sensuit histoire de la noble ysiphile royne de lemne · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Cy sensuit histoire de la noble ysiphile royne de lemne
Period: 1400-1450;
Geographic: Ancient Greece; Aegean Sea; Lemnos
Description: This illuminated image depicts a woman named Hypsipyle saying goodbye to her father, King Thaos of Lemnos, as he sails away on a boat. Hypsipyle is illustrated standing by the shore as she pushes the ship away. Both Hypsipyle and her father are wearing crowns to demonstrate their royal status. The women of Lemnos, who are depicted on the right side of the image, had planned to kill every man of the city to eliminate the patriarchy. Hypsipyle, unable to allow her father to die, told him of this plan and helped him escape by means of this boat. The women of Lemnos are illustrated wearing armour and carrying spears and sword.
Image Creator: Master of Boethius (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:19827
Language: frm
Source Name: Des cleres et nobles femmes, De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation
Parent Collection: 1410 Paris; 1410 Paris
Image: mta_19827_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Famous Women; Hypsipyle; Important Queens; King Thaos; Murder; Important Women