Manuscript

British Library, Cotton MS Vespasian E X

Codicology

Produced: England, Late 13th - early 14th century
Current Location: British Library, London, England, UK
Manuscript Type: Miscellany
Language: Latin
Folios: 394
Illustrated: No
Media: Parchment
Dimensions: Height: 20 cm Width: 13 cm

Description

Contains:

  • Bestiarium, incomplete (possibly by Philippe de Thaon; see below) [folio 6r–43v]
  • De naturis animalium (author not stated) [folio 59v–85r]
  • Imago mundi by Honorius of Autun (Augustodiensis) [folio 86r–119r]
  • De proprietatibus [folio 122v–125v]

Also contains several other unrelated texts.

A title reads: Bestiarum; sive tractatus de quadrupedibus, avibus et serpentibus: auctore Phil. de Thaun vell Than. [auctore Phil. de Thaun vel Than erased].

[Adapted from British Library catalogs]

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