[Cornificia Sitting at a Desk Writing Poetry] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Cornificia Sitting at a Desk Writing Poetry]
Subject: Poetess; Poetry; Famous Women; Cornificia
Period: 1400-1450;
Geographic: Rome
Description: This image depicts the famous poetess, Cornificia, sitting at a desk as she writes her poetry. She is said to have written many Heliconian verses which were highly esteemed. Boccaccio explains that she is worthy of praise as poetry and writing was not something women excelled in or pursued during Cornificia’s time. There are two figures on the right side of the illumination who are watching Cornificia write.
Image Creator: Master of the Cleres Femmes of the Duke of Berry (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:25764
Language: fre
Source Name: Livre des Femmes Nobles et Renommées
Parent Collection: 1403 Paris
Image: mta_25764_OBJ.jpg