AESOP’S FABLES

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Illumination from the manuscript "Fables", ms. 0434, f. 371v, 1372, Bibliothèque municipale d'étude et de conservation, Besançon.

This illumination belongs to a French manuscript created for Charles V of France. The richly-gilded panels represent four of the many fables written by Aesop. From the top left: the Wolf and the Lamb, the Frog and the Mouse, the Fox and the Crow, and the Wolf and the Crane.

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