De la très ancienne Libie mere de busirides et royne de Libie · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: De la très ancienne Libie mere de busirides et royne de Libie
Period: 1450-1500;
Geographic: Ancient Egypt; Libya; North Africa
Description: This illuminated image depicts a portrait of Libya, the daughter of King Epaphus of Egypt. She appears to be dressed in royal garments as she holds a piece of fabric with foreign lettering on it. Boccaccio explains that Libya bore a child with her husband, Neptune, who grew up to be a tyrant of Upper Egypt. Their child’s name was Busiris. Libya was so renown during her time that the region in Africa which she ruled was named after her.
Image Creator: Robinet Testard (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:17131
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_17131_OBJ.png
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Important Queens; Libya; Important Women; Famous Women