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before (39) de lauinia
laurentum regins.
after (41) De nicaula ethopum
regina.
Boccaccio's Source : Justinus Trogi Pompei
Historiarum Philippicarun Epitoma
xviii. 4, 5, 6,,.
Total 105 chapters (liv s)
(1) De Eva parente prima - ( Eve , our first mother )
begins folio xxxxij ends folio xxxxvi * (40) De Didone or seer Elissa [inserted[The TyrianDido or Elissa See # 48., "Queen of Carthage".[end inserted]
Tiria Carthaginensium queen regina
- In Roman legend, a Tyrian , founder and queen of [inserted](Dido)[end inserted] Carthage,
who loved Aeneas & committed suicide when he left her . In
an earlier legend ,she killed herself to escape from the
barbarian king Iarbus. At Carthage she was worshiped
as a goddess . She was also called Elissa.
See # 164 - # 181
(99) Pope Joan . (although purely legendary was
traditionally thought to have succeeded Leo IV.)
Boccaccio's De Claris Mulieribus was written & revised over a period
of years, from 1355 to at least 1357. Extant codices present
2 versions which are quite dissimilar . The earlier of these includes
a smaller number of chapters which are shorter than those
in the final version.
- the 1st collection of women's biographies ever written.
- other Latin works by Boccaccio - Du casibus Vivorum
Illustrium , De Montibus , Geneologia Deorum Gentilium
( The Geneology of the Pagan Gods)
- 1st ed. - date & the first (Latin) ed. - cuts (81 in [inserted]from 79 blocks[end inserted]
number - 80 x 110 mm) which are the earliest illustrations
printed at Ulm.
Kraus Cat. late XIVC manuscript A contemporary copy of of the 1st Italian translation of Boccaccio's Lives
of Ancient Biblical & Medieval Heroines by Donato Degli Albanzami
(of Prato vecchio in Tuscany [c 1325-1411] an intimate friend of Boccaccio &
Petrarch ). It was through this version & these which later translators made
afterwards , that the book in which the famous narrator displayed his
great erudition , became a classic of Italian & consequently world
literature after his death.
-In the 2nd 1/2 of the 15th C Ulm had a population of more than 5000 &
was a very exrensive center of trade.
- Each story has a woodcut showing the heroine in one of most famous episodes in her career.