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Title: Be aquila et vulpe
Subject: Tree; Eagle; Pup; Talons; Fox; Sticks; Piles; Fox Den
Period: 1500-1550;
Geographic: Basel (Switzerland)
Description: In a tree an eagle holds a fox pup in its talons. At the base of the tree a fox is stacking piles of sticks. in the background we see a fox den with two foxes peeking out.
Image Creator: Aesop (Creator)
Type: StillImage; illustration
Identifier: mta:27822
Language: lat
Source Name: Esopi Appologi siue Mythologi cum quibusdam carminum et fabularum additionibus Sebastiani Brant.
Parent Collection: L1 - Esopi Appologi siue Mythologi cum quibusdam carminum et fabularum additionibus. Illustrations by Sebastiani Brant. (1501)
Image: mta_27822_OBJ.jpg