Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Fables and other poems
France, ca. 1515
MS M.422 fol. 4v

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Fable: Eagle and Fox -- Fox, with its forepaws, places twig on flames which billow smoke toward nest of three eaglets in tree. In background, eagle, with outstretched wings, grasps kit with its talons, while another kit departs through foxhole. Scene in hilly landscape with city in background. Miniature for Aesop’s Fable of "The Eagle and the Fox." 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 identical frame.