Medea experte enchanteresse et royne des colchens · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Medea experte enchanteresse et royne des colchens
Period: 1450-1500;
Geographic: Black Sea; Colchis; Modern day Georgia
Description: This illuminated image depicts a portrait of Medea, the daughter of king Aeetes of Colchis. Medea is pictured holding a scepter in her left hand and pointing with her right. Medea is well known for her involvement in magic and dealing with herbs. Boccaccio explains that Medea knew incantations to make winds gust, which is why there are depictions of a wind storm in the background of the image. There is a flower in the foreground beside Medea which symbolizes her skills in dealing with herbs for her magic.
Image Creator: Robinet Testard (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:17136
Language: frm
Source Name: Boccace, Des cleres et nobles femmes, traduction française anonyme [Boccaccio, The cleric and noble women, anonymous French translation]
Parent Collection: Boccace, Des cleres et nobles femmes, traduction française anonyme. Illuminations by Robinet Testard (1488-1496); Boccace, Des cleres et nobles femmes, traduction française anonyme. Illuminations by Robinet Testard (1488-1496)
Image: mta_17136_OBJ.png
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Important Queens; Medea; Magic; Important Women; Famous Women