Erithee ou eriphile une des sebilles · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Erithee ou eriphile une des sebilles
Subject: Important Women; Famous Women; Sibyls; Fortune-Telling; Predictions; Erythraea; Eriphila
Period: 1450-1500;
Geographic: Babylon; Mesopotamia
Description: This illuminated image depicts a woman named Erythraea (also known as Eriphila) sitting down while reading a book. Erythraea was a famous sibyl and was known for predicting many major events in history. Boccaccio explains in his story of Erythraea that she predicted the fall of Troy, as well as the life and death of the Son of God.
Image Creator: Robinet Testard (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:17139
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)
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