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Unicorn Fr. 1564

Sep, 18, 2012Posted in Blog, Illustration, Research

I’ve not been able to find much out about this lovely illustration other than that it is French and dates back to 1564.

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  • Nathan2000

    It’s an illustration of an Indian wild ass (Onagros Indikos, as the label says) accompanying Manuel Philes’s poem De Animalium Proprietate. You can find this particular manuscript in Bodleian Library: MS. Auct. F. 4. 15. It says there that it was copied in Paris in 1564 for the use of the king François I. Not sure about that, since he died 17 years earlier. For links and the text of the poem, visit my wiki: http://karkadann.wikia.com/wiki/Manuel_Philes

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