Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Fables
Southern Italy, 10th or 11th century
MS M.397. Fol. 006v

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1) Bidpai, Fables: Wolves eating Reptiles -- Pair of wolves, with turtles in mouths, face each other with four reptiles and insects, including lizard, two centipedes (?) and another turtle, between them.
2) Bidpai, Fables: Reptiles complaining to King -- King, as lion, with mouth open, facing seven reptiles and insects, including turtle, snail, frog, two centipedes (?), and two serpents.Miniature for Fables of Bidpai (Kalilah and Dimnah) for the Wolves Eat Reptiles; The Reptiles Complain to the King; and The Wolves Summoned again.