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Title
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Pauline, femme romaine
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Description
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Paulina, a chaste and devout Roman woman is renowned for her naivety by being tricked into losing her virtue. Paulina worshipped the Egyptian god Anubis, and frequently went to the temple of Isis to pray to him. A man named Mundus had fallen in love with Paulina, despite her already being married. He bribed the priests of the temple to convince Paulina to stay overnight so that she can have an encounter with the god Anubis. Being the devout woman that she was, she accepted. Paulina is illustrated standing naked in the temple of Isis with her long orange hair covering her back. She is being embraced by Mundus, who had disguised himself as the god Anubis. He came to Paulina as she slept and told her that he was the god that she worshipped. He convinced her to sleep with him so that she can bear a child conceived by a god. Blinded by her naivety, Paulina had intercourse with the disguised Mundus. There are priests on the right side of the illustration who appear to be urging Paulina to embrace Mundus. Paulina found out about the deception after she had conceived a child. Emperor Tiberius exiled Mundus and punished the priests with torture for their crime against Paulina.
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Image Creator
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Anonymous (Illuminator)
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Identifier
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mta:16728
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Source Name
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De la louenge et vertu des nobles et cleres dames [Of praise and virtue of the noble and clergy women]
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Image
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Subject
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Deception
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Mundus
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Anubis
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Gods
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Temples
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Important Women
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Famous Women
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Paulina
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