ysopet
Sign in to saveYsopet ("Little Aesop", also spelled Isopet) refers to a medieval collection of fables in French literature, specifically to versions of Aesop's Fables. Alternatively the term Isopet-Avionnet indicates that the fables are drawn from both Aesop and Avianus.
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It sits within the topics Aesop's Fables, Collections of fables and Medieval French literature.
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- The fables of Marie de France
- The morals
- References
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Ysopet ("Little Aesop", also spelled Isopet) refers to a medieval collection of fables in French literature, specifically to versions of Aesop's Fables. Alternatively the term Isopet-Avionnet indicates that the fables are drawn from both Aesop and Avianus.
==The fables of Marie de France== right|220px|thumb|A miniature from a mediaeval book of hours The origin of the term 'Ysopet' dates back to the twelfth century, where it was first used by Marie de France, whose collection of 102 fables, written in Anglo-Norman octosyllabic couplets, she claims to have translated from an original work by Alfred the Great. Since there is no evidence of any such Old English material, this has been disputed.
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