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Detail from the image of Penelope sending a
letter to Ulysses, drawn from the Medieval Women calendar. The portion
of the image not shown depicts Penelope seated at a table actually
writing the letter. It is not indicated whether this image is drawn
from a larger image, although it looks as if it might be. The citation
from the calendar for this image is:
Ovid. les Epitres Elegiaques. MS
Fr. 873, fol 1; French, 1496. Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris.