[The Widow Camiola] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture · Center for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [The Widow Camiola]
Subject: Camiola; Roland of Sicily; Important Women; Famous Women
Period: 1450-1500;
Geographic: Sicily; Siena; Messina; Italy
Description: This image depicts a portrait of a woman named Camiola. Camiola was a noble woman from Siena and the daughter of Lawrence of Torringo. She is famous for speaking up against her husband in front of a judge. She felt sympathy for Roland of Sicily who was left to rot in a jail, so she paid for his ransom in exchange for his hand in marriage. He agreed, but when he was freed, he pretended as though he did not agree to marry her. She proved herself in front of a judge and spoke out against her husband’s vile behaviour in rejecting her and his promise to her.
Image Creator: Robinet Testard (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:25505
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_25505_OBJ.jpg