'Didon - Reine De Carthage', 1403, (1939). Artist: Master of Berry's Cleres Femmes.

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'Didon - Reine De Carthage', 1403, (1939). Dido (Elyssa , Elissa , Elisha , Elysha or Helissa ) is a Phoenician princess , legendary founder and first queen of Carthage . The illustration is part of the manuscript De Claris mulieribus, traduction anonyme en francais (Livre des femmes nobles et renommees) by Giovanni Boccaccio, housed in the Bibliotheque nationale de France, Paris. From Verve - Nos. 5-6, July-October 1939. [Verve, France, 1939]

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