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Title
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Megule douée
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Description
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This illumination depicts a portrait of a noble Roman woman named Megullia Dotata. She is famous for her enormous dowry. Boccaccio explains that her dowry was said to have been around 500,000 bronze coins, which was incredibly high during Megullia’s time.
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Image Creator
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Robinet Testard (Illuminator)
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Identifier
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mta:18027
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Source Name
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Boccace, Des cleres et nobles femmes, traduction française anonyme [Boccaccio, The cleric and noble women, anonymous French translation]
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Image
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mta_18027_OBJ.jpg