Aesopus, Fabulae

• Original object type: Artefact

Description

Place of publication: Basel, Germany

Typology: Gothic

Initials: Two ornate initials: 'A' and 'C'; unrubricated, unilluminated.

Illustrations: One woodcut showing four figures: a knight with a sword in his mouth, leaning on his shield; a kneeling friar holding a chalice; a countryman holding a farming tools; and a standing figure, clapping.

Layout: Text in one column; woodcut spans width of page.

Comment: Reader annotations in margin and underlining within text; annotations have been cut so are illegible. Number '160' inserted in top right-hand corner in same ink as annotations.

• Date range: c.1500
• Date: 1500
• Collection: Incunabula
• Physical Identifier: Brotherton Collection Incunabula q SCH/28r