Illumanu

This tumblr aspires to become a helpful resource for history (and mainly fashion history) research and focuses primarily on illuminations from medieval and renaissance manuscripts.


Note: I am not a professional fashion historian. If you spot any inconsistency or outright fallacy somewhere in the picture descriptions please feel free (or even better, obliged) to let me know!

15th century (ca. 1410) France - Paris Genève, Bibliothèque de Genève Ms. fr. 190/2: Giovanni Boccaccio, Des cas des nobles hommes et femmes, Paris fol. 26r - Ptolemy VIII Euergetes presents the remains of his son Ptolemy Memphites to his wife and sister (and boy’s mother) Cleopatra II Yes. Cleopatra II married her brother, with whom she had at least 4 children. Then she married her other brother. She bore him a son, who was then murdered by his own father. Also, this second husband and brother of hers killed her another son (who was also his double nephew, his brother’s son) and also he married his wife’s daughter (his niece from both sides, his brother’s daughter). OK, now this is seriously fucked up. http://www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/bge/fr0190-2

15th century (ca. 1410) France - Paris

Genève, Bibliothèque de Genève

Ms. fr. 190/2: Giovanni Boccaccio, Des cas des nobles hommes et femmes, Paris

fol. 26r - Ptolemy VIII Euergetes presents the remains of his son Ptolemy Memphites to his wife and sister (and boy’s mother) Cleopatra II

Yes. Cleopatra II married her brother, with whom she had at least 4 children. Then she married her other brother. She bore him a son, who was then murdered by his own father. Also, this second husband and brother of hers killed her another son (who was also his double nephew, his brother’s son) and also he married his wife’s daughter (his niece from both sides, his brother’s daughter).

OK, now this is seriously fucked up.


http://www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/bge/fr0190-2

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