Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index



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  • Title: Widow Danielis carried on a Litter
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  • Description: Danielis was a widowed Byzantine noble woman and an extremely wealthy landowner. She became acquainted with the future emperor Basil I the Macedonian, and she offered him gifts and land that proved useful in his subsequent ascent to the imperial throne. She traveled to Constantinople with a large retinue, depicted here, in order to visit Basil after he became emperor.
  • Source: WikiMedia Commons
  • Rights: Public domain
  • Subject (See Also): Basil the Macedonian, Byzantine Emperor Byzantium Danielis, Byzantine Noble Woman Transportation Travel Wealth
  • Geographic Area: Eastern Mediterranean
  • Century: 12
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  • Related Work: Synopsis historion. For a close-up of Danielis, see: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Widow_Danielis_from_the_Chronicle_of_John_Skylitzes.jpg
  • Current Location: Madrid, Biblioteca Nacional, MS Graecus Vitr. 26-2, fol. 102r
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  • Artistic Type (Category): Digital images; Manuscript illuminations
  • Artistic Type (Material/Technique): Vellum (parchment)
  • Donor: Layman; Roger II, King of Sicily
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