41685
The John Plummer Database of Medieval Manuscripts
Stowe 955
United Kingdom, England, Greater London, London, British Library
Figure, Male
Axe (Utensil)
Tree
Proverbial Scene, Chopping Down Branch That Supports You
fol. 15r: Male figure cutting down a tree on which he sits (an illustration of the proverb: 'chopping down the branch that supports you').
Scene from Pierre Sala, Petit Livre d'Amour.
Pierre Sala, Petit Livre d'Amour, Paris and Lyon, first quarter of 16c., fols. 14v-15r
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