The De bestiis et aliis rebus is an aviary/bestiary/Physiologus text ascribed to Hugh of St Victor, in four books. Hugh of St Victor is unlikely to have had any involvement in the text.

Book 1 is the De avibus by Hugo de Folieto. Books 2 and 3 are a bestiary or Physiologus. Book 4 is an alphabetical compendium of one sentence entries, some of which are about animals.

Latin text with index.

The Corpus Corporum : De bestiis et aliis reum website provides the complete text, with a search facility, links to referenced sources, and a linked Latin dictionary.

Language: Latin