Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Fables and other poems
France, ca. 1515
MS M.422 fol. 14v

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Fable: Lion and Horse -- Head of seated lion is kicked by hooves of bridled horse, its head turned back, both in hilly landscape with city in background. Miniature for Aesop’s Fable of "The Lion and the Horse." 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.