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Title
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Cy apres sensuit de la tres seable tisbe qui sut vierge en babilone
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Description
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This illumination depicts a young maiden named Thisbe after finding her lover, Pyramus, dead in the forest. The lovers were meant to meet at the fountain depicted on the right side of the image where they would run away together. Boccaccio explains that when Thisbe arrived at the fountain, a lioness appeared, and she ran into the trees to hide. She left behind a cloak which the lioness picked up in her already blood-stained mouth. When Pyramus arrived, the lioness was gone, however she left the blood-stained cloak of Thisbe. Pyramus believed Thisbe to be dead, so he plunged his sword into his chest. There is a wound visible on his chest in the image as he lies on the ground. The blood-stained cloak of Thisbe is lying next to him. The lioness is illustrated in the background on the right-side walking into the forest. Thisbe is illustrated leaning over Pyramus’ body, as she reaches down towards his sword. She ends up using his sword to kill herself.
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Image Creator
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Anonymous (Illuminator)
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Identifier
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mta:18427
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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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