Cassiopeia has been mentioned in connection with the central nymph on this page by several people.
The fact that the nymph seems to be seated is the main pointer.
Cepheus as a female nymph seems problematic.
There's a nice picture of Cepheus in the (by now) well-known German MS Tübingen MD 2:
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where his garb seems to reflect the habits of the place and time of the MS rather than his Ethiopian origin.
Or maybe that's what they thought he would look like......
The fact that the nymph seems to be seated is the main pointer.
Cepheus as a female nymph seems problematic.
There's a nice picture of Cepheus in the (by now) well-known German MS Tübingen MD 2:
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where his garb seems to reflect the habits of the place and time of the MS rather than his Ethiopian origin.
Or maybe that's what they thought he would look like......