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Title: Megule douée
Subject: Dowries; Nobility; Noble Women; Famous Women; Important Women; Megullia Dotata
Period: 1450-1500;
Geographic: Italy; Ancient Rome
Description: 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.
Image Creator: Robinet Testard (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:18027
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_18027_OBJ.jpg