Author: Annalisa Giusti

Illumination from the"Breviary of Queen Isabella of Castile", ms. Add MS 18851, f. 477v, circa 1497, British Library, London.

As you surely know, it often said that behind every great man there is always a great woman. This is also true for mother and son! Meet Olympias, guest of our weekly Women's Wednesday and…

Illumination from the "Dunois Hours", ms. Yates Thompson MS 3, f. 27v, between 1439 and 1450, British Library, London.

Is there anything more exciting than the Holiday atmosphere of December? Well, maybe a brand new Women’s Wednesday! Today’s Mulier Clara is Leontion, a philosopher from Ancient Greece. Not much is known about Leontion other…

Illumination from the"Breviary of Queen Isabella of Castile", ms. Add MS 18851, f. 390r, circa 1497, British Library, London.

Back to our Women's Wednesday! After a short break (flu season hit us hard!) we are once again ready to welcome yet another guest to our column dedicated to Boccaccio's De Mulieribus Claris. Our Mulier…

Illumination from the manuscript "Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Epistulae ad Lucilium", ms. Latin 8551, f. 63v, 1503, Département des Manuscrits, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris.

Illumination from the "Breviary of Isabella of Castile", ms. Add MS 18851, f. 12r, ca. 1497, British Library, London.