Meduse fille du roy phorci · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Meduse fille du roy phorci
Subject: Famous Women; Roman Mythology; Greek Mythology; Medusa; Important Women
Period: 1450-1500;
Geographic: Atlantic Ocean; Hesperides
Description: This illuminated image depicts a woman named Medusa in her human form. Prior to being transformed into a monster by the goddess Minerva, Medusa was a beautiful woman who captured every man’s heart who happened to look upon her. She is depicted wearing a wreath and playing the lyre in this image.
Image Creator: Robinet Testard (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:17140
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_17140_OBJ.png
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Famous Women; Roman Mythology; Greek Mythology; Medusa; Important Women