Semiramis royne des assiriene · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Semiramis royne des assiriene
Subject: Important Queens; Incest; Important Women; Famous Women; Semiramis
Period: 1450-1500;
Geographic: Assyria; Mesopotamia; Levant
Description: This illuminated image depicts Semiramis, an ancient queen of the Assyrians. She is depicted wearing clothing specific to the time of the creation of the image. She is holding a part of her dress in her right hand while holding a scepter of some sort in her left. There is a dog on the left side of the image. Boccaccio explains that he wrote on Semiramis as she is renowned for having sexual relations with her son, as well as inventing the chastity belt.
Image Creator: Robinet Testard (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:17123
Language: frm
Source Name: Boccace, Des cleres et nobles femmes, traduction française anonyme [Boccaccio, The cleric and noble women, anonymous French translation]
Parent Collection: Boccace, Des cleres et nobles femmes, traduction française anonyme. Illuminations by Robinet Testard (1488-1496); Boccace, Des cleres et nobles femmes, traduction française anonyme. Illuminations by Robinet Testard (1488-1496)
Image: mta_17123_OBJ.png
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Important Queens; Incest; Important Women; Famous Women; Semiramis