This same story appears in the tale of how Brunelleschi won the
competition to build a dome over the Cathedral in Florence. One of those
Ur-tales apparently.
On Wed, 9 Jul 1997, Thomas Izbicki wrote:
> John,
>
> I never encountered the orange, but the egg shows up in a different
> context in Trowbridge, The Courtiers & the Egg. In that poem, part of
> The Story of Columbus, he challenges the courtiers to stand an egg on
> end. They fail. He cracks one end lightly & stands it, telling them
> that it's easy "Yes, when I've shown the way."
>
> tom
>
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