Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Aesop Illustrations: Desandre-Freeman
Here is the Desandre-Freeman slideshow (apologies to iPad users - the Flickr.com slideshows are Flash-based, but you can view the Flickr album directly if the slideshow does not work):
Mille Fabulae et Una PLUS NoDictionaries.com
So, here is the index of all the fables in the book in text file format, good for cutting and pasting: Mille Fabulae et Una Text Files.
You can find the fable you are looking for by its number, or by using Control-F to search the webpage for a word in the title. Click on the link, and you will get a simple text file of the fable. Admittedly, I had to create these files by hand, so if you see a misnumbered fable in there, please let me know and I will get it fixed.
So, for example, just at random I grabbed Fable 17, Leo Epulum Faciens. It did a great job! Here's a screenshot of the results for the opening sentences:
Wonderful! Thanks as always to Lee Butterman for this fantastic online tool, and by using the text file version of the fables, you can enjoy the interactive vocabulary help that NoDictionaries.com provides. I'll add a link to the Text File index to the List of Links sidebar, so that it will be available on every page of the blog!
Monday, August 30, 2010
Illustrated: Ovis, Cervus, et Lupus
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Illustrated: Asinus et Canis
Click here for a SLIDESHOW of all the Herrick images. This image does not show the dog, but it does show a donkey happily munching on thistles.
Illustrated: Mula et Imago Eius
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Sunday, August 29, 2010
Illustrated: Mulus et Equus
Click here for a SLIDESHOW of all the colored Steinhowel images. This shows the first stage of the story, when the horse is being boastful!
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Illustrated: Muli et Latrones
Click here for a SLIDESHOW of all the Grandville images. This is one of Grandville's marvelously anthropomorphic illustrations!
Illustrated: Asinus et Tempora Anni
Click here for a SLIDESHOW of all the Medici Aesop images. This is an illustration for a different fable but it works well for the story of the donkey who labors all year long, too!
Illustrated: Asinus et Domini Canis
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Illustrated: Asinus et Viatores Duo
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Illustrated: Asinus et Umbra Eius
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Illustrated: Asinus, Gallus, et Leo
Click here for a SLIDESHOW of all the Medici Aesop images. You can read the whole story from right to left: first the rooster, then the donkey chasing the lion, then the donkey being eaten by that same lion!
Illustrated: Asina Aegrota et Lupus
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Illustrated: Asinus, Lupi, et Canes
Click here for a SLIDESHOW of all the images from Croxall's Aesop.
Illustrated: Mus et Montes
Click here for a SLIDESHOW of all the Heighway images. Notice that in the illustration there is a nice modern touch: people have money in hand to pay for the latest newspaper!
List of Illustrated Fables
4: Leo et Tauri - Leo et Tauri
16: Leo, Vacca, Capra, et Ovis
23: Leo Senex, Vulpes, et Lupus - Leo Senex, Vulpes, et Lupus
31: Leo, Vulpes, et Asinus Venantes
40: Vulpecula et Tintinnabulum
49: Vulpes, Gallus, et Villicus
56: Vulpes et Asinus Pelle Leonis Indutus
64. Vulpes in Puteum Delapsa et Lupus
68: Vulpes, Lupus, et Panarium
84: Lupus et Pastorum Convivium
85: Lupus et Pastoris Vestimentum
88. Lupus et Agnus Caprum Comitans
106: Lupus et Persona Tragoedi
112: Simia et Vulpes, Iter Facientes
116: Simius Rex et Vulpes - Simius Rex et Vulpes
117: Simia, Vulpes, Elephantus, Castor et Pavo
122: Simius et Fabri - Simius et Fabri
144. Camelus Primo Conspicatus
145: Camelus et Simia - Camelus et Simia
157: Cervus ad Stabulum Confugiens
159: Cerva in Speluncam Fugiens
170: Lepus, Canis, et Caprarius
180: Herinaceus, Vulpes, et Muscae
204: Mures Felem Contemplantes
205: Mus, Catus, et Gallus - Mus, Catus, et Gallus
206: Mures, Feles, et Tintinnabulum
219: Asini Spongiis et Sale Onusti
233: Asinus Animalia Fugans et Leo
234: Asinus Leonis Pelle Indutus
244: Asinus et Dominus Ingratus
249: Asinus Res Sacras Portans
345: Canis Parturiens Domicilium Quaerens
357: Canis in Praesepi et Bos - Canis in Praesepi et Bos
373: Canis Custos et Domini Filius
377: Canis Vetulus et Magister
389: Feles Senior et Mus Parvulus
400: Vespertilio et Mustelae Duae
605: Ranae et Iuppiter - Ranae et Iuppiter
629: Draco, Villanus, et Vulpes Iudex
640: Testudo Cum Avibus Volans - Testudo Cum Avibus Volans
690: Scarabaeus, Lepus, et Aquila
722: Abies et Dumus - Abies et Dumus
797: Prometheus, Leo, et Elephantus
823: Rusticus de Arbore Delapsus
901: Aegrotus a Medico Interrogatus
930: Pater et Filii Litigantes
931: Pater, Filii, et Agrorum Cultura
942: Mulier et Vir Pediculosus
(last updated August 28)Illustrated: Mures, Feles, et Tintinnabulum
Click here for a SLIDESHOW of all the Barlow images. Look closely and you can see the bell there where the mice are!
Illustrated: Mus, Catus, et Gallus
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Illustrated: Mures Felem Contemplantes
204. Mures Felem Contemplantes. Mures complures, in cavo parietis commorantes, contemplabantur felem, quae in tabulato, capite demisso et tristi vultu, recumbebat. Tunc unus ex eis “Hoc animal,” inquit, “benignum admodum et mite videtur. Vultu enim ipso sanctimoniam quandam praefert; volo ipsum alloqui et cum eo indissolubilem nectere amicitiam.” Quae cum dixisset et propius accessisset, a fele captus et dilaceratus est. Tunc ceteri, haec videntes, secum dicebant, “Non est profecto, non est vultui temere credendum.”
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Illustrated: Mures et Catus
Click here for a SLIDESHOW of all the Herrick images. This illustration is for a version where the cat pretends not just to be dead but rather to be a sack hanging from a peg.
Illustrated: Mus et Bos
Click here for a SLIDESHOW of all the colored Steinhowel images. There is even a bit of blood where the mouse is gnawing on that ox!
Illustrated: Mus et Rana, Decertantes
Click here for a SLIDESHOW of all the Barlow images. Notice how the mouse is riding a weasel as his steed, and the frog is riding a lobster. Quite a battle!
Illustrated: Mures Duo
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Illustrated: Mustela et Lima
Click here for a SLIDESHOW of all the Medici Aesop images. I wish there were larger scans available of these Medici images - but the weasel is indeed licking the file there!
Illustrated: Mustela et Homo
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Friday, August 27, 2010
Illustrated: Talpa, Asinus, et Simia
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Illustrated: Herinacei et Viperae
Click here for a SLIDESHOW of all the Herrick images. The image shows a porcupine, rather than a hedgehog - the porcupine definitely looks even more dangerously prickly!
Illustrated: Herinaceus, Vulpes, et Muscae
Click here for a SLIDESHOW of all the Grandville images. I like the way Grandville shows the hungry new flies ready and waiting.
Illustrated: Lepus, Canis, et Caprarius
Click here for a SLIDESHOW of all the Harrison Weir images.You can see the rabbit off in the distance.
Illustrated: Lepores et Aquilae
Click here for a SLIDESHOW of all the Medici Aesop images. You can see the rabbit ambassador to the foxes on the left, and the other rabbits facing off against the eagles to the right.
Illustrated: Lepores et Ranae
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Illustrated: Cervus et Leaena Mortua
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Illustrated: Cerva in Speluncam Fugiens
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Illustrated: Cervus et Amici Eius
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Illustrated: Cervus et Hinnulus Eius
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Illustrated: Aper et Asinus Iocans
Click here for a SLIDESHOW of all the Barlow images. I like the way the donkey is all dressed up in this illustration!
Illustrated: Aper et Vulpes
Click here for a SLIDESHOW of all the Medici Aesop images. I like the way that the boar in the illustration has access to his own whetstone!
Illustrated: Onager Asino Invidens
Click here for a SLIDESHOW of all the Medici Aesop images.The manuscript is damaged here, but you can see most of the onager off to the left watching the donkey grazing; then, on the right, the donkey is being beaten.
Illustrated: Camelus et Simia
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Illustrated: Camelus Primo Conspicatus
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Illustrated: Camelus et Iuppiter
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Illustrated: Ursus et Apes
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Illustrated: Ursus, Leo, et Vulpes
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Illustrated: Ursa et Vulpes
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