[Megullia Dotata Being Given Away with a Massive Dowry] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Megullia Dotata Being Given Away with a Massive Dowry]
Subject: Dowries; Wealth; Noblewomen; Important Women; Megullia Dotata
Period: 1450-1500;
Geographic: Ancient Rome; Italy
Description: This illustration depicts what seems to be a wedding, as there is a priest standing in the centre of the image in front of the altar, with women on one side and men on the other. The woman directly beside the priest is Megullia Dotata. She is known for being a noblewoman with an enormous dowry. Her husband is illustrated receiving a bag full of money which is her dowry. Boccaccio explains that her dowry was said to have been 500,000 bronze coins.
Image Creator: Anonymous (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:12003
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; 1493 Paris
Image: mta_12003_OBJ.png
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Dowries; Wealth; Noblewomen; Important Women; Megullia Dotata