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Title
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Von Virginea der junckfrawen
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Description
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Verginia, a noble Roman woman is depicted in this engraving in both the right-hand and left-hand scenes. Her name is engraved as Virginea on both sides. Boccaccio explains that Verginia, despite being a noble woman, was cast out of a temple in Rome by the other noble patrician women due to her being married to a plebeian man. The left side of the engraving depicts Verginia at the altar with noble women surrounding her as they cast her out of the temple. The women appear to be dressed in clothing dissimilar to Verginia which is how Verginia can be differentiated. The right side of the engraving looks similar to the right side; however, the right side depicts Verginia with plebeian women. After being cast out of the Patricia Pudicitia temple, Verginia created her own temple and altar named the Plebeia Pudicitia, and opened it up to the plebeian class. The women on the right side appear to be dressed in clothing more similar to Verginia.
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Image Creator
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Anonymous (Engraver)
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Identifier
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mta:25908
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Source Name
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Hyenach volget der kurcz syn von ettlichen frauen von denen johannes boccacius in latein beschriben hat und doctor heinricus stainhöwel geteütschet [Following the short stories of several women of which Giovanni Boccaccio wrote in Latin, and doctor Heinrich Steinhöwel translated]
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Image
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