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Title
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Cy sensuit histoire de almatee ou deyphile sibille
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Description
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This illuminated image depicts the sibyl, Amalthea (also called Deiphobe), sitting down while looking at a book which is resting on a lectern. There are two other books behind her open book. Amalthea is famous for having had nine books to give to the Tarquinius Priscus, however, when he denied her payment, she began burning three books at a time until he gave her the money. There were three books left when he paid her. These three books contained all the future events that would happen to the Romans.
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Image Creator
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Master of Boethius (Illuminator)
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Identifier
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mta:19855
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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_19855_OBJ.jpg
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Subject
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Famous Women
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Amalthea
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Deiphobe
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Sibyls
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Tarquinius Priscus
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Important Women