Giovanni Boccaccio: On Famous Women

Giovanni Boccaccio's 100 famous short stories with 100 perfectly matching miniatures: a French translation of the literary classic in a large-format masterpiece for the Burgundian Duke Philip the Good

The tender rose as a symbol for the woman: perhaps the most famous and controversial allegorical romance novel of the Middle Ages illuminated with 93 gold-decorated miniatures by Berthaud d'Achy

The first book in Western literature dedicated exclusively to biographies of women: Giovanni Boccaccio's moralizing and much-received work on the virtues and vices of 106 famous women

Made for the Dukes of Burgundy and stored in the Vatican today: a masterfully illuminated manuscript of Boccaccio's magnum opus and a lasting testimony to Parisian illumination

An enlightening treatise for bachelors: Albrecht von Eyb's popular work on the pros and cons of marriage and starting a family, peppered with wisdom from Boccaccio and a dedication to the Nuremberg City Council

Women's fashion as it was in the 16th century: 122 woodcut illustrations of women from different nations, classes, and strata from empress to servant