Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Fables and other poems
France, ca. 1515
MS M.422 fol. 3v

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Fable: Dog and Reflection -- Dog, partly submerged in water, is swimming in stream with piece of meat in its mouth. Scene in water between hilly shores with city in background. Miniature for Aesop’s Fable of "The Dog, the Meat and the Reflection." Miniature framed by 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.