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Medallion of La Fontaine and his Muse

 Item — Box: CFC Artifact Box 5
Identifier: CFC2021.0591.1

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

  • 1996

Extent

1.5" Linear Feet ; 1.5" Circumference

Language of Materials

French

Abstract

A bronze medallion of a side profile of Fontaine on one side with the words "Jean De La Fontaine" surrounding him to his left and 1621-1695 on his right.On the other side of the coin is his muse is working with two puppets of a fox and a dear, underneath this scene are the words "Je mesers danimaux pour instruireles hommes" which translates to "

Immediate Source of Acquisition

eBay purchase via numest; [Talinn, Estonia] [August 18,2021]

Source

  • Shipment package

Repository Details

Part of the Creighton University Libraries, Archives & Special Collections Repository

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