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In this colourful illumination Christine is shown with personifications of Reason, Rectitude and Justice building the City of Women
 

Le Livre de la Cité des Dames de Christine de Pizan

Circa 1405. Master of the Cité des dames. Illumination. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département de Manuscrits (division occidentale):
Français 607, fol. 2.
12 x 18 cm.

On the left, the three royal ladies visiting Christine de Pizan represent Reason, Rectitude and Justice. On the right, Christine and Reason build a utopia for women.

©Bibliothèque nationale de France

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Bibliothèque nationale de France