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Title
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Cy apres sensuit hystoire de la tres ancienne et tres noble minerve
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Description
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This illumination depicts the goddess Minerva sitting in the centre of the image on a throne. The people surrounding her represent the inventions and discoveries Minerva introduced to the world. There is a man on the left side of the image playing a flute, and another man creating iron weapons, which are both creations of Minerva. There is a person sitting on the ground who is spinning wool with their fingers, which is something Minerva discovered and showed humans how to do. There is also someone crushing olives with a hammer in order to create olive oil, which is another discovery of Minerva’s. There is a man sitting at a desk on the right side of the image who appears to be counting objects, which would signify Minerva’s discovery of numbers,
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Image Creator
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Anonymous (Illuminator)
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Identifier
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mta:18421
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Source Name
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Livre que fist Jehan BOCACE de Certalde des cleres et nobles femmes, lequel il envoia à Audice de Accioroles de Florence, contesse de Haulteville [Book from Giovanni Boccaccio of Certaldo called the cleric and noble women, of which he sent to Audice Accioroles of Florence, Countess of Haulteville]
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Image
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