Fox schoolmaster, dog pupil
About the work
Imported from the workbook's Full reassessment sheet, revised 7 October 2026 (record ID 43). The assessment below is the workbook's comparative judgment under its stated criteria; source links and limits are retained.
Workbook assessment: Insufficient evidence
Date or witness: c.1320–1330
Region: Southern England, possibly London
Workbook date-sort bounds: 1320 CE to 1330 CE; these bounds are not automatically invention or disappearance dates.
Description
A fox with a birch/rod teaches a dog holding a book: BL Harley MS 6563 ff.22v–23r. Animal authority disguises extend the same comic logic as the fox preacher.
Evidence of adoption or transmission
One fox schoolmaster/dog pupil scene in Harley 6563 is securely identified.
What remains uncertain
A single surviving composition supplies no evidence of independent grassroots adoption of this exact scene.
Workbook revision note: Reassessed using grassroots criteria