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Title
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Leone femme grecque
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Description
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This illumination depicts a portrait of a Greek woman named Leontium. Boccaccio explains that Leontium was an intellectual scholar and philosopher and became renowned for criticizing and speaking against certain philosophers of her time. Boccaccio believes her fame was hindered by becoming a prostitute.
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Image Creator
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Robinet Testard (Illuminator)
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Identifier
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mta:25878
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Source Name
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Boccace, Des cleres et nobles femmes, traduction française anonyme [Boccaccio, The cleric and noble women, anonymous French translation]
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Image
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mta_25878_OBJ.jpg
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Subject
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Important Women
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Famous Women
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Leontium
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Prostitution
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Philosophy