Manuscript

Private Library - Unknown Owner, PL02
(Le livre des propriétés des choses)

Codicology

Produced: Paris, ca. 1390
Current Location: Private Library - Unknown Owner
Manuscript Type: Encyclopedia
Language: French
Folios: 328
Author: Bartholomaeus Anglicus
Illustrated: Yes
Illustrator: Perrin (Pierre) Remiet
Media: Vellum
Dimensions: Height: 40.8 cm Width: 30.5 cm
Sample page - Private Library PL02
Folio 173v

Description

The De proprietatibus rerum, an encyclopedia by Bartholomaeus Anglicus, in the French translation by Jean Corbechon. Book 12 (birds) has small illustrations for most chapters plus a four-part introductory illustration. Book 14 (mountains) has one illustration featuring birds and animals.

  • Book 12 (birds) : folio 161r-174r
  • Book 13, chapter 28 (fish) : folio 174r-183r
  • Book 18 (animals) : folio 272v-310r (109 chapters, last chapters missing)

Sold by Christie's in 2010 to an undisclosed private buyer. The manuscript has no official shelfmark; "PL02" is used on this site for reference.

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