Cy sensuit histoire de Sempronie femme romanie · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Cy sensuit histoire de Sempronie femme romanie
Subject: Harp; Music; Important Women; Famous Women; Sempronia
Period: 1400-1450;
Geographic: Italy; Ancient Rome
Description: This illumination depicts a Roman woman named Sempronia embracing a man. Boccaccio explains that Sempronia was incredibly skilled at dancing and singing and would charm anyone that would hear her music abilities. There are harps and lyres depicted on the table behind her to signify her musical abilities. Sempronia was also known to be lustful and seek out the company men, which is why she is with two men in the image.
Image Creator: Master of Boethius (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:20077
Language: frm
Source Name: Des cleres et nobles femmes, De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation
Parent Collection: 1410 Paris
Image: mta_20077_OBJ.jpg