Virgine feme romanie et feme de lucian volupin · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Virgine feme romanie et feme de lucian volupin
Subject: Patricia Pudicitia; Plebeia Pudicitia; Plebeian Class; Patrician Class; Important Women; Famous Women; Noble Women; Verginia
Period: 1450-1500;
Geographic: Italy; Ancient Rome
Description: This illumination depicts a portrait of a noble Roman woman named Verginia. Verginia was born into a noble family, and married a former consul named Lucius Volupinus. Because her husband became a member of the plebeian class when he was no longer a consul, Verginia was cast out of a temple consecrated to Patricia Pudicitia by noble women. Verginia is famous for having created her own temple for the plebeian women called the Plebeia Pudicitia.
Image Creator: Robinet Testard (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:18073
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)
Image: mta_18073_OBJ.jpg