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Do you like this #Facsimile? Then contact us under contact@ or visit our homepage: Courtly ladies, noble knights, monsters and animals, and exuberant flower tendrils – all of these combine to form the magnificent illuminated #manuscript of the Othea-Letters of Christine de Pizan. As one of the most interesting female figures of the Middle Ages, she lived an unusual life and became the first independent female author of the Occident. Her famous work revolves around the fictitious letters of an ancient goddess combining moral maxims with mythological tales. With its countless #illustrations, the manuscript is counted among the most impressive works of French book art in the 15th century. You can find this and many other facsimiles under:
