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Octavien de Saint-Gelais (b. 1468-d. 1502), Translation of Ovid's Epistulae heroidum Left page - Right page, Cognac, 1496-1498, Manuscripts Department, Western Section, Fr. 875, Parchment

Louise of Savoy (b. 1467-d. 1531), widow of Charles d'Angoulême (b. 1460-d. 1496) and mother of Francis I (1515-1547), commissioned this translation of Ovid's Epistulae heroidum, a collection of letters fictitiously attributed to heroines of Antiquity grieving over their unrequited loves. The illustrations represent the heroines, whose faces give the appearance of being authentic portraits, in the act of writing. Dress is alternately exotic or inspired by the fashion of the day. Depicted here is Hypsipylé, first wife of Jason.