Renaissance fables
By: Aesopic prose by Leon Battista Alberti ... [et al.] ; translated with an introduction and notes by David Marsh.
Contributors: Alberti, Leon Battista, 1404-1472.; Marsh, David, 1950 Sept. 25-
Series: Medieval and Renaissance texts and studies ;; v. 260; Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies (Series) ;; v. 260.
Publisher: Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Tempe, Ariz
Language: eng
Number of pages: 367
Subjects: Fables, Latin (Medieval and modern) -- Translations into English; Fables, Latin (Medieval and modern) -- Italy -- Translations into English
Description: "Based on recent critical editions, Renaissance Fables offers the first English versions of fables by Alberti, Scala, and Baldi, as well as a new translation of Leonardo's fables. While the fables themselves are often epigrammatically short, they engage large issues of human society and morality by means of symbols and situations borrowed from the world of nature. Extensive textual notes identify the authors' literary and scientific sources and provide cross-references that aid in our understanding of these often enigmatic works. Readers with an interest in Renaissance allegory, emblems, and philosophy, or in artists like Alberti and Leonardo, will find connections with their own disciplines."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Translations from Latin; Latin and English parallel text.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: One hundred apologues / Leon Battista Alberti; title: Two sets of 100 apologues / Bartolomeo Scala; title: Fables / Leonardo da Vinci; title: One hundred apologues / Bernardino Baldi.