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Illustrious women (Giovanni Boccaccio)
I found here two ancient versions of a text by Giovanni Boccaccio written in 1361 (De Claris Mulieribus / Illustrious Women). It is a collection of 106 short byographies of famous women.
Of the two versions, one (des_dames_de_renom.pdf) is a French edition (1511).
The other (compendium_de_preclaris_mulieribus.pdf) is latin and fully illustrated: more than one hundred beautiful wood engravings! I think it is from the XV century.
The four Sola Busca queens are all present. I attach images showing:
1 Polyxena beeing killed on Achilles' tomb
2 Helena sailing form Greece to Troy (or vice versa)
3 Pallas with her owl and laurel tree inventing the weaving of wool
4 Olympias killing people in various ways
The other engravings are also quite interesting (I have seen a few "towers", "lovers", "suns", "moons" etc). Please, download the "compendium" document and have a look.
Marco
I found here two ancient versions of a text by Giovanni Boccaccio written in 1361 (De Claris Mulieribus / Illustrious Women). It is a collection of 106 short byographies of famous women.
Of the two versions, one (des_dames_de_renom.pdf) is a French edition (1511).
The other (compendium_de_preclaris_mulieribus.pdf) is latin and fully illustrated: more than one hundred beautiful wood engravings! I think it is from the XV century.
The four Sola Busca queens are all present. I attach images showing:
1 Polyxena beeing killed on Achilles' tomb
2 Helena sailing form Greece to Troy (or vice versa)
3 Pallas with her owl and laurel tree inventing the weaving of wool
4 Olympias killing people in various ways
The other engravings are also quite interesting (I have seen a few "towers", "lovers", "suns", "moons" etc). Please, download the "compendium" document and have a look.
Marco
