Mariane royne des Juifs · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Mariane royne des Juifs
Subject: Famous Women; Important Queens; Mariamne; King Herod; Noble Women; Beauty; Important Women
Period: 1450-1500;
Geographic: Ancient Rome; Italy
Description: This illumination depicts a portrait of Mariamne, the queen of Judaea. She is illustrated wearing a crown and holding a scepter in her right hand and parchment with her left arm. Mariamne was renowned for her incredible beauty, and for having been the wife of the jealous King Herod. Boccaccio explains that King Herod was so jealous and protective of Mariamne, that he did not want her to outlive him. He devised a plan for someone to murder Mariamne if he were to die before her, so that no one else could have her.
Image Creator: Robinet Testard (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:18095
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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