De bestiis et aliis rebus (1648)
Hugonis de S. Victore, Opera omnia, tribus tomis digesta, Volume 2
J. Berthelin (Rothomagi), 1648
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The De bestiis et aliis rebus (On beasts and other things) is a composite text in four books. The overall author is unknown, though it was often incorrectly attributed to Hugh of St Victor.
Book I is based on the De avibus, a moralized book about birds by Hugh of Fouilloy. Books II and III are based on versions of the Latin Physiologus. Book IV is an alphabetical list of definitions, many of which are about animals.
The original text was was published with the title Hugonis de S. Victore, Opera omnia, tribus tomis digesta in 1648 by J. Berthelin (Rothomagi). It is in three volumes; the extract is from Volume 2, pages 391-477.
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The text as published in 1648 is in the public domain. See the PDF file for license terms of the source library (Bibliothèque nationale de France). This extract edition was created by David Badke in 2024 and is also in the public domain.
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