Mégulis reçoit de riches présents pour son mariage · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Mégulis reçoit de riches présents pour son mariage
Subject: Megulia; Wealth; Dotata; Roman; Dowry
Period: 1400-1450;
Geographic: Rome
Description: This image depicts Megulia, the woman wearing the red gown, receiving many wealthy gifts for her marriage. The name Dotata, which she was also called, was a name given to women who had anything extra added to their dowries. So, the image represents an extra-large dowry.
Image Creator: Master of the Cleres Femmes of the Duke of Berry (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:20071
Language: fre
Source Name: Livre des Femmes Nobles et Renommées
Parent Collection: 1403 Paris
Image: mta_20071_OBJ.png