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Title
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Cy sensuit histoire de cornifice poete
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Description
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This illumination depicts a woman named Cornificia sitting down as she looks at a book. Cornificia is famous for her poetry and writing abilities. She is said to have written many Heliconian verses which were highly esteemed. Boccaccio explains that she is worthy of praise as poetry and writing was not something women excelled in or pursued during Cornificia’s time.
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Image Creator
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Master of Boethius (Illuminator)
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Identifier
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mta:20150
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Source Name
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Des cleres et nobles femmes, De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation
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Image
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mta_20150_OBJ.jpg
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Subject
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Important Women
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Famous Women
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Poetry
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Writing
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Literature
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Cornificia