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Dido's suicide (Boccaccio, De casibus, Bnf Fr226, f43r) - Master of Rohan

Description

Didon doesn't commit suicide in front of Aeneas' ship leaving Carthage, Boccaccio follows another version. Out of virtue and to escape a forced marriage, she commits suicide in front of the assembled people.

History :

2. Folio 43 recto.

Textual Sources :
Boccace, De casibus illustrium virorum, 1355-1360

Technical Data

Notice #025276

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Image Origin :
Bibliothèque numérique Gallica, Bibliothèque nationale de France (https://gallica.bnf.fr)