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Title
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Cy apres sensuit histoire de la tres feable tisbe qui su vierge en babilone
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Description
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This illumination depicts a young maiden named Thisbe finding her lover, Pyramus, dead in the forest. The lovers were meant to meet at a fountain in the woods where they would run away together. Boccaccio explains that when Thisbe arrived at the fountain, a lioness appeared, and she ran into the trees to hide. She left behind a cloak which the lioness picked up in her already blood-stained mouth. When Pyramus arrived, the lioness was gone, however she left the blood-stained cloak of Thisbe. Pyramus believed Thisbe to be dead, so he plunged his sword into his chest. There is a wound visible on his chest in the image as he lies on the ground. Thisbe is illustrated using Pyramus’ sword to plunge it into her neck.
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Image Creator
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Master of Boethius (Illuminator)
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Identifier
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mta:19824
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Source Name
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Des cleres et nobles femmes, De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation
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Image
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mta_19824_OBJ.jpg
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Subject
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Famous Women
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Thisbe
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Pyramus
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Suicide
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Forbidden Love
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Important Women