[Isis Teaching a New Letter System to Citizens of Egypt] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Isis Teaching a New Letter System to Citizens of Egypt]
Subject: Letter Systems; Important Women; Important Queens; Isis
Period: 1450-1500;
Geographic: Ancient Egypt
Description: Isis, the queen of Egypt, is depicted on the left side of the illustration wearing a crown and holding a book in her right hand. She is presenting the book to a group of four citizens who are kneeling in front of her. Boccaccio explains that when Isis became queen of Egypt, she wanted to use her intellect to provide the people with a letter system to go along with their native language. This illustration depicts Isis teaching this letter system to her citizens.
Image Creator: Anonymous (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:11982
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_11982_OBJ.png