La belle procris femme de cephalle · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: La belle procris femme de cephalle
Subject: Procris; Cephalus; Betrayal; Important Women; Famous Women
Period: 1450-1500;
Geographic: Athens; Ancient Greece
Description: This illumination depicts Cephalus on the left side of the image and his wife, Procris, on the right side of the image. Procris is depicted sitting down with her head resting on her head as she looks solemnly at the ground. Cephalus has a bow and arrow pointed directly at his wife. Procris had gone to live in the woods after she had betrayed her husband for treasures and riches. Cephalus pardoned her for her actions and took her back home. Procris then began wondering if his husband would betray her for what she had done to him, so she began secretly following him on his hunts in the forest. Mistaking her for an animal, Cephalus accidentally shot his wife with his bow and arrow, which is what this image depicts.
Image Creator: Robinet Testard (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:17146
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_17146_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Procris; Cephalus; Betrayal; Important Women; Famous Women

Media: mta_17146_OBJ.jpg