The manuscript includes De naturis rerum by Thomas of Cantimpré, in the first shorter version of 19 books, written between 1228 and 1244. The core of the book (ff. 36r-130v) of c. 1230-1240, and the added section at the beginning (ff. 2r-33v) of c. 1250 date from the author's lifetime. The manuscript's provenance from the Augustinian Priory Val-Saint-Martin, Louvain, raises the possibility of some further connections with the author, who entered the Order of St. Dominic at Louvain between 1230 and 1232, after leaving the Abbey of the Canons Regular of St. Augustine in Cantimpré.The manuscript was supplemented in a mid-15th century hand (ff. 34r-35v; a note on a preceding folio reads 'hic deficiunt duo folia', f. 33v); and ff. 131r-159v).Decoration: Initials in red. - [Catalog description]

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