Christine de Pizan's "Epistre Othéa": Painting and Politics at the Court of Charles VI
- ISBN-10
- 0888440774
- ISBN-13
- 9780888440778
- Category
- Art and literature
- Pages
- 229
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1986
- Publisher
- PIMS
- Author
- Sandra Hindman
Description
103 knowledge , along with that of Minerva , is said to have brought a civilized , rational existence to savage , uncultivated peoples . Christine further associated the pair of miniatures of Ceres and Isis with the theme of wise women ...
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