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Title
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Pompée Pauline femme de Senequé
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Description
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This illumination depicts a portrait of a woman named Pompeia Paulina, who was the wife of Lucius Annaeus Seneca. Seneca was the tutor of Emperor Nero, and when Seneca was wrongfully suspected of being involved in the Pisonian Conspiracy, he was forced to commit suicide. Pompeia Paulina was so devoted to her husband, that she attempted suicide along with him. She survived the attempt and lived out the rest of her days as a widow in honour of her husband.
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Image Creator
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Robinet Testard (Illuminator)
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Identifier
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mta:18101
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Source Name
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Boccace, Des cleres et nobles femmes, traduction française anonyme [Boccaccio, The cleric and noble women, anonymous French translation]
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Image
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Subject
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Famous Women
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Noble Women
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Pompeia Paulina
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Seneca
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Emperor Nero
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Pisonian Conspiracy
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Devotion
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Important Women