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Liber de fabulis

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Title Liber de fabulis

Date 1500

Language Latin

Subjects Fables, Greek, Tobias (Biblical figure), Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)

Description Folio 1r, front inside cover. On vellum, probably transcribed around 1500. A version of Aesop's fables in Latin verse, followed by Matthew de Vendôme's poem on the Biblical patriarch, Tobias. This version of Aesop's fables, consisting of two books containing 55 fables, is generally thought to have been written by Matthew l'Anglais, probably around 1175. Tobias, by the 12th century Latin poet, Matthew de Vendôme, is based on the account by St. Jerome. Text in a humanistic hand in brown ink.

Format Poetry, Manuscripts, Humanistic scripts

Call Number VAULT Case MS 153

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 3184px × 2371px 21.63 MB

File Created 07/31/2012

Filename 991828828805867_Case MS 153 Liber de Fabulis, Aesop, foilo.1r-opening.tif

Unique Identifier NL11NYNS

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