Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Weltchronik
Germany, Regensburg, ca. 1360
MS M.769 fol. 305v

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Nero: Scene, Legend of Pregnancy with Frog -- Stag (deer) in harness draws covered wagon across bridge over stream. Bust of woman (?), wearing headdress, is visible in window on side of the wagon, her hands extended out the window. Frog falls to water below her hands. Two men, one with arms crossed, stand behind the wagon.