Aragne fille de colophone · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Aragne fille de colophone
Subject: Famous Women; Weaving; Wool Work; Nets; Minerva; Arachne; Important Women
Period: 1450-1500;
Geographic: Colophon; Modern day Turkey
Description: This illuminated image depicts a woman named Arachne spinning wool to make a net. Arachne is famous for having discovered the uses of woven cloth, and for being the first to think of making nets. Arachne is also known for having challenged Minerva to a weaving competition. When Arachne lost the competition, she killed herself as a result.
Image Creator: Robinet Testard (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:17137
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)
Image: mta_17137_OBJ.png