Dido autrement appellee Elisse laquelle sut royne de cartage · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Dido autrement appellee Elisse laquelle sut royne de cartage
Subject: Elissa; Dido; Important Women; Famous Women; Important Queens
Period: 1450-1500;
Geographic: North Africa; Carthage
Description: This illumination depicts a portrait of a woman named Dido (also known as Elissa), who was the founder and queen of Carthage. Boccaccio explains that Dido had stolen her brother’s treasure in retaliation for him murdering her husband. After fleeing with her brother’s treasure, she made her way to Africa where she established and became queen of the city of Carthage.
Image Creator: Robinet Testard (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:17847
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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