Almathea seu de deiphebe Sibilla · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Almathea seu de deiphebe Sibilla
Subject: Sibyls; Prophetess; Tarquinius Priscus; Important Women; Famous Women; Amalthea; Deiphobe
Period: 1450-1500;
Geographic: Ancient Rome; Italy
Description: This engraving depicts the sibyl, Amalthea (also known as Deiphobe), burning 3 books in a fire in front of Tarquinius Priscus. Amalthea brought 9 books for King Tarquinius Priscus, and when he failed to pay her the full price for them, she burned 3 books at a time until he paid her in full. These books had the prophecies of Amalthea written in them, which outlined the entire course of the Roman’s lives and events.
Image Creator: Anonymous (Engraver)
Type: Text; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:18145
Language: lat
Source Name: Iohannis Bocacij in librum de claris mulieribus
Parent Collection: 1487 Leuven; 1487 Leuven
Image: mta_18145_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Sibyls; Prophetess; Tarquinius Priscus; Important Women; Famous Women; Amalthea; Deiphobe