Le Chevalier Errant~Thomas, Marquis de Saluzzo (de Saluces)

by Bauceant »
Wed Jul 02, 2008 12:21 pm

In the late 14th Century, Thomas, Marquis of Saluzzo (Saluces) wrote the manuscript for the allegorical poem Le Chevalier Errant (1) In this important text on Medieval Chivalry, the Marquis of Saluzzo cites nine women as "les neuf Preuses" or the "Nine Worthy Women" whose qualities were the embodiment of the chivalric ideal:

Deiphille
Iynoppe
Hippolyte
Menalyppe
Semiramis
Lampetho
Thamarys
Theuca
Penthésilée(i)

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(1) (Bibliothèque nationale, Paris, mss. Fr. 12559, fol. 125v; manuscript dated 1403-04). (2) Velde, Francois. http://www.heraldica.org/topics/worthies.htm _________________________________________

(i) Compared to the list feature in the 15th Cenury work Triomphe des Neuf Preux. In this work, the list of Worthies is slightly different: Deborah, Judith, Esther, Susanna, Lucretia, Boadicia (or Boudicca), Mariamne, Saint Clotilde, and Andegona (or Antigone)