Cy sensuit histoire de megulis douee · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Cy sensuit histoire de megulis douee
Subject: Important Women; Famous Women; Dowry; Megullia Dotata
Period: 1400-1450;
Geographic: Italy; Ancient Rome
Description: This illumination depicts the young woman named Megullia Dotata on the left side of the image as she is being given away for marriage. The two figures standing beside her appear to be her mother and father. Megullia Dotata is known for having a dowry so massive that it was unheard of during her time. Her father is depicted giving the dowry to her new husband who is standing on the right of the image.
Image Creator: Master of Boethius (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:20038
Language: frm
Source Name: Des cleres et nobles femmes, De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation
Parent Collection: 1410 Paris
Image: mta_20038_OBJ.jpg