La sibylle Déiphobé à son pupitre · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: La sibylle Déiphobé à son pupitre
Subject: Virginity; Divinity; Deiphobe; Amalthea; Sibyl
Period: 1400-1450;
Geographic: Campania, Lake Avernus
Description: Deiphobe, or Amalthea, was a sibyl in the Campania region of Italy. She was powerful in that she maintained her virginity, and would not sell books at a price lower than asked – in fact, she would burn them if not given the fee. She is seen seated at her desk which was situated in her temple on the Baian shore near Lake Avernus.
Image Creator: Master of the Cleres Femmes of the Duke of Berry (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:19870
Language: fre
Source Name: Livre des Femmes Nobles et Renommées
Parent Collection: 1403 Paris; 1403 Paris
Image: mta_19870_OBJ.png
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Virginity; Divinity; Deiphobe; Amalthea; Sibyl