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Techniques and Reception of Prints in Central and Eastern Europe (15th–18th c.)
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Cynocephalus Holding a Club and a Rabbit

In Manuel Philes, Τοῦ σοφωτάτου ΜΑΝΟΥΗΛΟΥ τοῦ ΦΙΛΗ στίχοι ἰαμβικοὶ πρὸς τὸν αὐτοκράτορα μιχαὴλ τὸν παλαιολόγον περὶ τῆς τῶν ζώων ἰδιότητος (BAV, 1560), manuscript (Vatican, BAV), fol. 29v

fol. 29v (6 of 13 in-Urus figures)
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Cynocephalus Holding a Club and a Rabbit. In Manuel Philes, Τοῦ σοφωτάτου ΜΑΝΟΥΗΛΟΥ τοῦ ΦΙΛΗ στίχοι ἰαμβικοὶ πρὸς τὸν αὐτοκράτορα μιχαὴλ τὸν παλαιολόγον περὶ τῆς τῶν ζώων ἰδιότητος (BAV, 1560), manuscript (Vatican, BAV), fol. 29v

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  • Club (Iconclass: 45C12(CLUB))
  • Cynocephalus (Iconclass: 31A45211)
  • Rabbit (Cuniculus) (Iconclass: 25F26(RABBIT))
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Philes (Natural history)

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Cynocephalus

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Created on
  • 2021-10-13 13:39

Edited by
  • Grażyna Jurkowlaniec

Last update by
  • Grażyna Jurkowlaniec (2025-09-20 10:47)

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