An early manuscript of the Aesop fables of Avianus and related manuscripts
By: by Adolph Goldschmidt.
Contributors: Avianus.; Aesop.; Bibliothèque nationale (France).
Series: Studies in manuscript illumination,; no. 1
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 1947
Place of publication: Princeton
Language: eng
Number of pages: 63
Subjects: Avianus. -- Illustrations.; Aesop -- Illustratiions.; Aesop's fables -- Illustrations.; Illumination of books and manuscripts -- France.; Fables, Classical -- Illustrations.
Other titles: Aesop's fables.
Description: Study of book illumination in southern France, based on a Carolingian manuscript in the Bibliothèque nationale (ms. lat. nouv. acq. 1132) showing the development of illustrations for Aesop's fables in Gothic manuscripts from the sixth to the fifteenth centuries.
Notes: Study of book illumination in southern France, based on a Carolingian manuscript in the Bibliothèque nationale (ms. lat. nouv. acq. 1132) showing the development of illustrations for Aesop's fables in Gothic manuscripts from the sixth to the fifteenth centuries.