[The Wives of the Minyans Save Their Husbands from Execution] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [The Wives of the Minyans Save Their Husbands from Execution]
Subject: Minyans; Devotion; Important Women
Period: 1450-1500;
Geographic: Sparta; Ancient Greece; Lacemaedon
Description: This illustration depicts the Minyans (companions to Jason of the Argonauts) being saved from their prison cells through the help of their wives. The Minyans were condemned to death due to their negligence of lower-class citizens. While visiting their husbands in prison, the women swapped clothing with the men to take their places. The men left the prison dressed as women and were saved, while their wives accepted their husband’s fates for them. This illustration depicts the women changing into their husband’s clothes and their husband’s putting on the women’s clothing.
Image Creator: Anonymous (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:11990
Language: frm
Source Name: De la louenge et vertu des nobles et cleres dames [Of praise and virtue of the noble and clergy women]
Parent Collection: 1493 Paris
Image: mta_11990_OBJ.jpg