{"id":8077,"date":"2020-01-09T12:55:20","date_gmt":"2020-01-09T11:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/?p=8077"},"modified":"2020-01-10T11:06:58","modified_gmt":"2020-01-10T10:06:58","slug":"fabled-manuscripts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/fabled-manuscripts\/","title":{"rendered":"Fabled Manuscripts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/medici-aesop-facsimile-edition-04-facsimilefinder.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"258\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/medici-aesop-facsimile-edition-04-facsimilefinder-750x258.jpg\" alt=\"Detail of the Medici Aesop\" class=\"wp-image-8082\" 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a new tab)\">Aesop\u2019s fables<\/a><\/strong> from <strong>Renaissance Italy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Described in No. 551 of the Inventory of Latin and Greek books in the <strong>Medici library <\/strong>compiled in 1485 by Bartolomeo Ciai and Giano Lascaris, the manuscript, which was written in <strong>Greek<\/strong> in Florence and <strong>profusely illustrated<\/strong>, is the <strong>only fifteenth-century example<\/strong> of Aesop\u2019s Fables known to us today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/medici-aesop-facsimile-edition-07-facsimilefinder-750x500.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/medici-aesop-facsimile-edition-07-facsimilefinder-750x500.jpg\" alt=\"Detail of the Medici Aesop\" data-id=\"8083\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/fabled-manuscripts\/medici-aesop-facsimile-edition-07-facsimilefinder\/\" class=\"wp-image-8083\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/medici-aesop-facsimile-edition-07-facsimilefinder-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/medici-aesop-facsimile-edition-07-facsimilefinder-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/medici-aesop-facsimile-edition-07-facsimilefinder-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/medici-aesop-facsimile-edition-07-facsimilefinder.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/medici-aesop-facsimile-edition-09-facsimilefinder-750x500.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/medici-aesop-facsimile-edition-09-facsimilefinder-750x500.jpg\" alt=\"Detail of the Medici Aesop\" data-id=\"8084\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/fabled-manuscripts\/medici-aesop-facsimile-edition-09-facsimilefinder\/\" class=\"wp-image-8084\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/medici-aesop-facsimile-edition-09-facsimilefinder-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/medici-aesop-facsimile-edition-09-facsimilefinder-300x200.jpg 300w, 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Each fable is followed by a short <strong>moral commentary<\/strong> (<em>Epimythion<\/em>) and is illustrated with a <strong>tabular miniature<\/strong> inserted into the column of text, just before the title written in <strong>red ink<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/medici-aesop-facsimile-edition-11-facsimilefinder.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"1125\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/medici-aesop-facsimile-edition-11-facsimilefinder-750x1125.jpg\" alt=\"Detail of the Medici Aesop\" class=\"wp-image-8087\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/medici-aesop-facsimile-edition-11-facsimilefinder-750x1125.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/medici-aesop-facsimile-edition-11-facsimilefinder-300x450.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/medici-aesop-facsimile-edition-11-facsimilefinder-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/medici-aesop-facsimile-edition-11-facsimilefinder.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Attributed by Everett Fahy to <strong>Gherardo di Giovanni<\/strong> from Miniato, these illustrations present aspects which are difficult to attribute to one author, and seem rather the work of <strong>a team of Florentine illuminators<\/strong>, engaged in following the directions of a <strong>single decoration plan<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An interesting interpretative key was offered in 2005 by <strong>Jonathan Alexander<\/strong> who recognizes in the Fables the hand of <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Francesco di Antonio of Chierico (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/search\/term\/Francesco%20di%20Antonio%20del%20Chierico\" target=\"_blank\">Francesco di Antonio of Chierico<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Mariano del Buono (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/search\/term\/Mariano%20del%20Buono\" target=\"_blank\">Mariano del Buono<\/a><\/strong>, and the <strong>Maestro del Senofonte Hamilton<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Francesco di Antonio<\/strong> could actually have been responsible for the <strong>decorative layout<\/strong> of the volume, and have intervened in some scenes with a more <strong>complex narrative rhythm<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Text written by <strong>Ada Labriola <\/strong>for Alumina \u2014 Pagine Miniate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/abbonamento-alumina\/\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe to Alumina<\/a> today!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is hard to tell who Aesop really was, but hundreds of generations have read his Fables. 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