Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Fables and other poems
France, ca. 1515
MS M.422 fol. 8v

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Fable: Thief and Dog -- Emerging from door of house, half-figure of dog, mouth opened, looking up toward man, wearing hat, lowering food with left hand to the dog’s mouth. Miniature for Aesop’s Fable of "The Thief and the Dog." Miniature framed by circular wreath with four ribbons and medallions, each medallion decorated with pair of wings as emblem of Louise of Savoy. Text summary in French verse is on facing page, within similar frame.