Cy apres sensuit de zenobie royne des palimirenes · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Cy apres sensuit de zenobie royne des palimirenes
Subject: Important Women; Famous Women; Important Queens; Noble Women; War; Hunting; Zenobia
Period: 1400-1450;
Geographic: Modern day Syria; Palmyra
Description: This illumination depicts Zenobia, the queen of Palmyra, with a bow and arrow on the right side of the image about to shoot an animal. There are deer depicted in the trees in the background of the illustration. Boccaccio explains that Zenobia was famous for her bravery, as she had cast aside womanly duties and practices and was incredibly strong and independent. She often spent her time in the woods where she would hunt animals. Zenobia had such strength that when her husband went to war, she hid under her armor and fought alongside him. Zenobia is also depicted in the centre of the image wearing a pink dress while being handed a helmet so that she can go to war.
Image Creator: Anonymous (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:18572
Language: frm
Source Name: Livre que fist Jehan BOCACE de Certalde des cleres et nobles femmes, lequel il envoia à Audice de Accioroles de Florence, contesse de Haulteville [Book from Giovanni Boccaccio of Certaldo called the cleric and noble women, of which he sent to Audice Accioroles of Florence, Countess of Haulteville]
Parent Collection: 1401 Florence; 1401 Florence
Image: mta_18572_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Important Women; Famous Women; Important Queens; Noble Women; War; Hunting; Zenobia

Media: mta_18572_OBJ.jpg