Classroom Scroll Hangings, 1975

Item — Carton: CFC Artifact Box 1

Identifier: CFC2021.0273.1-10

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Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The Carlson Fable Collection is a gathering of primary fable materials at Reinert Alumni Memorial Library at Creighton University. It grew out of the personal collection of fable materials gathered by Rev. Gregory Carlson, S.J. and was given to the Creighton Libraries in 1996. There are more than 10,000 books and approximately 8,000 artifacts in the collection.

From plates to stamps, from cards to whiskey decanters, from toys to posters, you'll find just about anything you can imagine here. Please explore all that is to offer here in my fables Catalogue of Objects.

This is the largest online catalog of fable related objects on the internet. Many are from Aesop's Fables but you will find La Fontaine, Velazquez and Krylov also represented in this collection.

Dates

1975

Extent

2' Linear Feet ; 2' x 1' 4"

Language of Materials

Greek, Modern (1453-)

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Martin and Ulrike Kölle, August, 2012.

Appraisal

The fables pictured include :

1. The Tortoise and the Hare

2. The Rooster, Fox, and Dog

3. The Milk Maid

4. The Donkeys Loaded with Salt and Sponges

5. The Wolf-Doctor and the Horse

6. The Ant and the Dove

7. Two Rats

8. The Hen and a Seed

9. The Fox and the Stork

10. The Tortoise and the Two Geese

Physical Description

Ten Greek schoolroom scrolls for hanging up in a classroom, each illustrating a fable in four scenes with a title. Wooden endpieces with an almost canvas-like paper for the pictures themselves.