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Title
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Cy apres sensuit histoire de la tres belle yolle fille du roi des etholiens
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Description
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This illumination depicts Hercules weaving with his wife Iole. Hercules is depicted wearing a brown cloak made from the skin of the Nemean lion. There are two women sitting with Iole and Hercules who are listening to Hercules tell the tales of his labours. Iole is making Hercules weave to strip him of his pride as revenge for killing her father.
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Image Creator
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Master of Boethius (Illuminator)
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Identifier
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mta:19839
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Source Name
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Des cleres et nobles femmes, De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation
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Image
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mta_19839_OBJ.jpg
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Subject
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Hercules
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Important Women
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Famous Women
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Important Queens
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Vengeance
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Iole