Cy sensuit histoire de la noble camille royne des volquiens · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Cy sensuit histoire de la noble camille royne des volquiens
Subject: Important Women; Famous Women; Metabus; Important Queens; Volscians; Camilla
Period: 1400-1450;
Geographic: Italy; Latium
Description: This illumination depicts Camilla, the daughter of King Metabus, hunting animals in the forest in order to make clothing out of their fur and skin. Camilla had been raised in the forest by her father after he was exiled from their kingdom. She set aside common womanly duties and devoted herself to hunting and preserving her chastity. She is illustrated wearing a cloak made from animal fur, as well as a crown to symbolize her royal status. Due to her strength and fearlessness, the Volscian people eventually summoned her back in order to be queen.
Image Creator: Master of Boethius (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:19935
Language: frm
Source Name: Des cleres et nobles femmes, De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation
Parent Collection: 1410 Paris; 1410 Paris
Image: mta_19935_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Important Women; Famous Women; Metabus; Important Queens; Volscians; Camilla