Cy sensuit histoire de la belle pocris femme de cephale · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Cy sensuit histoire de la belle pocris femme de cephale
Subject: Cephalus; Important Women; Famous Women; Marriage; Procris
Period: 1400-1450;
Geographic: Ancient Greece; Thessaly
Description: When Cephalus was told that his wife (Procris) would abandon him in exchange for money and treasures, Cephalus began testing his wife. Cephalus would disguise himself and offer her gold and treasures in exchange for her love. This is depicted in the foreground of the image, with Cephalus kneeling and presenting treasures to Procris. Procris rejected the disguised Cephalus multiple times, however, she eventually accepted his offers. Procris regretted what she had done to her husband. To punish herself, Procris went to live in the woods. Cephalus had been hunting one day and had mistaken his wife for an animal and shot her. Cephalus is illustrated in the background of the illustration holding a bow in his hands. Procris is on the right side of the image with an arrow protruding from her chest after being mistakenly shot by Cephalus.
Image Creator: Master of Boethius (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:19857
Language: frm
Source Name: Des cleres et nobles femmes, De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation
Parent Collection: 1410 Paris; 1410 Paris
Image: mta_19857_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Cephalus; Important Women; Famous Women; Marriage; Procris