1title: The Book of the City of Ladies
artist: Christine, de Pisan, circa 1364-circa 1431
date: 1405
medium: ru 1=Рукописи fr 1=Manuscrits en 1=Manuscripts zh 1=手稿 pt 1=Manuscritos ar 1=مخطوطات es 1=Manuscritos
dimensions: en 1=Vellum, 79 pages, miniatures, decorated letters
current location: ru|1=Национальная библиотека Франции fr|1=Bibliothèque nationale de France en|1=National Library of France zh|1=法国国家图书馆 pt|1=Biblioteca Nacional da França ar|1=مكتبة فرنسا الوطنية es|1=Biblioteca Nacional de Francia
description: Christine de Pisan (circa 1364–1430) was born in Italy and came to France at the age of four with her father. Arguably the first woman in Europe to earn a living as an author, she is widely regarded as an early feminist who spoke out for the rights of women and espoused female achievement. She wrote poems and prose texts that were often allegorical and philosophical and that reflected her own original and engaged personality. She prepared the books with the aid of copyists and illuminators and offered them to patron princes and kings. Le Livre de la Cité des dames (The book of the city of ladies) is perhaps the best expression of Christine’s lucid and humanist feminism. An implied response to St. augustine's city of god, and also inspired by the work of Boccaccio, the book was written as a dialogue between student and master. The allegorical figures of Reason, Justice, and Rectitude enter into a conversation with Christine and invite her to build a city for famous women of the past and virtuous women of all times in a world made for men. Among the approximately 30 known copies of the text, this well known and beautifully illustrated copy contains the signature of its owner, Jean de Berry (1340–1416), a great bibliophile of the House of Burgundy.
Allegory; Feminism; Illuminations; Literature, Medieval; Womenlicense:Public domain
2title: Spanish Translation of Saint Augustine's "City of God" MET sfx 430-2s5
artist:
date: 1446–82
medium: Tempera and gold on parchment, tooled leather binding
dimensions: Overall: 15 1/2 x 11 1/4 x 3in. (39.4 x 28.6 x 7.6cm)
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3title: Spanish Translation of Saint Augustine's "City of God" MET sfx 430-2s9
artist:
date: 1446–82
medium: Tempera and gold on parchment, tooled leather binding
dimensions: Overall: 15 1/2 x 11 1/4 x 3in. (39.4 x 28.6 x 7.6cm)
current location: Institution:Metropolitan Museum of Art
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4title: Spanish Translation of Saint Augustine's "City of God" MET sfx 430-2d1
artist:
date: 1446–82
medium: Tempera and gold on parchment, tooled leather binding
dimensions: Overall: 15 1/2 x 11 1/4 x 3in. (39.4 x 28.6 x 7.6cm)
current location: Institution:Metropolitan Museum of Art
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5title: Spanish Translation of Saint Augustine's "City of God" MET sfx 430-3s6
artist:
date: 1446–82
medium: Tempera and gold on parchment, tooled leather binding
dimensions: 15 1/2 x 11 1/4 x 3 in. (39.4 x 28.6 x 7.6 cm)
current location: Institution:Metropolitan Museum of Art
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6title: Spanish Translation of Saint Augustine's "City of God" MET sfx 430-3s8
artist:
date: 1446–82
medium: Tempera and gold on parchment, tooled leather binding
dimensions: 15 1/2 x 11 1/4 x 3 in. (39.4 x 28.6 x 7.6 cm)
current location: Institution:Metropolitan Museum of Art
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7title: Spanish Translation of Saint Augustine's "City of God" MET sfx 430-3s1
artist:
date: 1446–82
medium: Tempera and gold on parchment, tooled leather binding
dimensions: 15 1/2 x 11 1/4 x 3 in. (39.4 x 28.6 x 7.6 cm)
current location: Institution:Metropolitan Museum of Art
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8title: Spanish Translation of Saint Augustine's "City of God" MET sfx 430-3s5
artist:
date: 1446–82
medium: Tempera and gold on parchment, tooled leather binding
dimensions: 15 1/2 x 11 1/4 x 3 in. (39.4 x 28.6 x 7.6 cm)
current location: Institution:Metropolitan Museum of Art
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9title: Spanish Translation of Saint Augustine's "City of God" MET sfx 430-3s2
artist:
date: 1446–82
medium: Tempera and gold on parchment, tooled leather binding
dimensions: 15 1/2 x 11 1/4 x 3 in. (39.4 x 28.6 x 7.6 cm)
current location: Institution:Metropolitan Museum of Art
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title: Print, book illustration (BM 1900,1019.3)
artist:
Print made by: Anonymousdate: between 1489 and 1490
medium: paper
dimensions: Height: 198 millimetres Width: 145 millimetres
current location: Institution:British Museum
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description: St augustine writing; the city of god and the city of Satan; Abel and Cain; cutting from "Augustinus de Ciutate dei cum commento", printed by Johannes von Amorbach, Basle. 1489-90
Woodcutlicense:Public domain
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