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An early manuscript of the Aesop fables of Avianus and related manuscripts

Title
An early manuscript of the Aesop fables of Avianus and related manuscripts, by Adolph Goldschmidt.
Author
Goldschmidt, Adolph, 1863-1944.
Publication
Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1947.

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Additional Authors
  • Aesop.
  • Avianus.
  • Bibliothèque nationale (France). Manuscript. Lat. nouv. acq. 1132.
Description
63 p., xxxii pl. on 16 l.; 30 cm.
Summary
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.
Series Statement
Studies in manuscript illumination, no. 1
Uniform Title
  • Aesop's fables.
  • Studies in manuscript illumination ; no. 1.
Subject
  • Avianus. > Illustrations
  • Aesop > Illustrations
  • Aesop
  • Aesopus ca. v6. Jh
  • Aesopus
  • Aesop's fables > Illustrations
  • Aesop's fables
  • Fabulae (Avianus)
  • Illumination of books and manuscripts > France
  • Fables, Classical > Illustrations
  • Fables, Classical
  • Illumination of books and manuscripts
  • France
Genre/Form
Illustrated works.
Note
  • 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.
LCCN
47002585
OCLC
  • ocm01483265
  • 1483265
  • SCSB-426317
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library