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Title
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[Claudia Quinta Retrieves the Statue of Ceres from a Ship]
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Description
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This illustration depicts Claudia Quinta, a Roman matron, standing on a plank as she retrieves a statue of the goddess Ceres from a ship. Boccaccio explains that after Claudia Quinta was accused by other citizens of not being chaste, she prayed to the goddess to help prove her virtue. After a ship that contained a statue of Ceres had gotten stuck on a sandbar, Ceres gave Claudia Quinta the power to pull the ship to shore as proof of her chastity. Therefore, she is being depicted on the ship retrieving the statue.
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Image Creator
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Anonymous (Illuminator)
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Identifier
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mta:12027
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Source Name
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De la louenge et vertu des nobles et cleres dames [Of praise and virtue of the noble and clergy women]
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Image
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mta_12027_OBJ.jpg
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Subject
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Claudia Quinta
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Roman Matrons
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Chastity
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Important Women