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Othea

Published August 23, 2023 at 1041 × 730 in Christine de Pizan, Professional Writer and Voice for Women in the Middle Ages

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Woodcut image of the goddess Othea and Hector of Troy.

Christine de Pizan, Epitre d’Othéa à Hector. Paris : Philippe Pigouchet, [ca. 1499-1500]. Rosenwald Collection 449. Library of Congress. Woodcut images echo the miniatures painted in the illuminated manuscripts.