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De bestiis et aliis rebus
Paris: Garnier Fratres, 1854; Series: Patrologiae Cursus Completus, Series Latina, Volume177
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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
Last update June 17, 2024