De claris mulieribus

Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375, Heerstraten, Aegidus van der, active 1485-1488, printer, Huth, Henry, 1815-1878, former owner, Rahir, Edouard, 1862-1924, former owner, Bedford, Francis, 1799-1883, binder, Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) · 1487 · Louvain, Egidius van der Heerstraten, 1487. · 76 pictures

De claris mulieribus is a 1487 incunabulum by Giovanni Boccaccio, printed at Louvain by Egidius van der Heerstraten for a readership interested in biographies of notable women. Its woodcuts are small framed scenes of crowned figures, courtly women, and violent or dramatic episodes, showing how late medieval block prints compress narrative into a few figures, gestures, and a simple setting a designer could adapt for storytelling layouts.

Belgium · Biographies · Biography · Early works to 1800 · History · Incunabula · Louvain · Women

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