Manuscript

Bodleian Library, MS. e Mus. 16
(On the properties of things)

Codicology

Produced: England, 1425-1450
Current Location: Bodleian Library, Oxford, England, UK
Manuscript Type: Encyclopedia
Language: English
Folios: 311
Author: Bartholomaeus Anglicus
Illustrated: No
Media: Parchment
Dimensions: Height: 41.9 cm Width: 30.4 cm

Description

Part of John de Trevisa’s English translation of the De Proprietatibus Rerum of Bartholomaeus Anglicus, usually called de Glanvilla, which translation was finished in 1398. The volume begins (three quires having been lost) in chapter 1 of book v ‘a litel hurting in the [iointes] of membres in the senewes of fe{ling],’ and ends ‘ bigynnynge of al thinge that is contynual & discrete’ in chap. 116 (‘63,’ de Numero) of book xix. Faces and figures are often drawn in the margins. - [adapted from the Bodleian summary catalog]

Not illustrated, though some of the marginal drawings may refer to the text.

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