The Medici Aesop

Title

en_US The Medici Aesop

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US This book has a dust jacket (book cover)

en_US Language note: Bilingual: Greek/English

en_US Edited by Adele Westbrook. Translated from the Greek by Bernard McTigue

Creator

en_US Aesop See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US di Giovanni, Gherardo

Date

2016-01-25T15:19:21Z

en_US 1989-12

en_US 1989

Date Available

2016-01-25T15:19:21Z

Date Issued

en_US 1488?

Abstract

en_US What a treasure! A good introduction gives a concise history of Aesop, the text of the fables, and the illustrations. This hand-written and hand-painted manuscript was done from a printed book, Bono Accurzio's 1480 version of Planudes' 1310 text. The versions are surprisingly concise and witty. Several morals wander into generalities. Well told: The Old Woman and the Doctor (44). Differently told: The Eagle and the Fox (20). The illustrations are magnificent but small. They often read from right to left. Some excellent illustrations: The Fox and the Mask (33), The Broken Vow (40), The Thieving Child and His Mother (71), OF (105), The Ant-Man (131), The Thirsty Dove (143). The boar sharpens his tusks on a whetting stone (78)! AD (64) story has a net, while its illustration has a bow.

Identifier

en_US 810915421

en_US 743 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/75534

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Harry N. Abrams

en_US New York, NY

Subject

en_US PA3855.E5 M33 1989 See all items with this value

en_US Aesop See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole