Esopo Medici: Fable of The Wolf and the Heron

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Title

Esopo Medici: Fable of The Wolf and the Heron

Description

Beautiful miniature depicting the fable of the wolf and the heron coupled with the Greek text. Followed by the English translation.

Creator

Commissioned by Lorenzo de Medici; Original manuscript transcribed by Demetrios Damilas, Medici scribe. Illuminations attributed to Mariano del Buono and the Master of the Hamilton Xenophon.

Date

c. 1480

Format

Manuscript Facsimile

Language

Greek with English translation

Type

Text / Still Image

Coverage

15th Century; Italian Renaissance.

Files

Wolf_Heron.jpg
Wolf_Heron_Eng.jpg

Citation

Commissioned by Lorenzo de Medici; Original manuscript transcribed by Demetrios Damilas, Medici scribe. Illuminations attributed to Mariano del Buono and the Master of the Hamilton Xenophon., “Esopo Medici: Fable of The Wolf and the Heron,” Tufts Libraries Omeka, accessed April 18, 2024, https://omeka.library.tufts.edu/items/show/94.