Anguldrade florentine · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Anguldrade florentine
Subject: Famous Women; Engeldruda; Chastity; Otho IV; Guido; Bravery; Festivals; Important Women
Period: 1450-1500;
Geographic: Italy; Florence
Description: This illumination depicts a portrait of Engeldruda, a Florentine maiden, looking down at a book that she is holding in her hands. Engeldruda is famous for having spoken up against her father to protect her chastity. Boccaccio explains that Emperor Otho IV had gone to Florence for a festival, and when he noticed the beauty of Engeldruda, he asked her father who she was. Engeldruda’s father had offered her up to the emperor as if her chastity meant nothing to him. She rose up and spoke against her father for having done this. The emperor was so impressed with Engeldruda, he offered a nobleman named Guido to be her husband.
Image Creator: Robinet Testard (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:18109
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)
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Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Famous Women; Engeldruda; Chastity; Otho IV; Guido; Bravery; Festivals; Important Women

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