Imaginary coats of arms of Scythian queen Minothaea, with three gold chairs, and Amazon Queen Antiope’s sister, Hippolyte, with blue lion rampant and three crowned queens. Nine Worthy Women. MINTHIA ou MINOTHAEA, IPOLICE ou SEVERAINE. Handcoloured woodblock engraving from Hierosme de Bara’s Le Blason des Armoiries, Chez Rolet Boutonne, Paris, 1628

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