[Queen Libya Holding her Son Busiris] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Queen Libya Holding her Son Busiris]
Subject: Important Queens; Libya; Important Women
Period: 1450-1500;
Geographic: Libya; North Africa; Egypt
Description: This illustration depicts Libya, the daughter of King Epaphus of Egypt, holding and looking at her son, Busiris. She is illustrated wearing a brown/yellow dress which flows onto the ground. Boccaccio explains that he briefly wrote on Libya as her accomplishments must have been great due to the country of Libya being named after her.
Image Creator: Anonymous (Illuminator)
Type: StillImage; Illumination
Identifier: mta:11984
Language: frm
Source Name: De la louenge et vertu des nobles et cleres dames [Of praise and virtue of the noble and clergy women]
Parent Collection: 1493 Paris
Image: mta_11984_OBJ.png