The De proprietatibus rerum, an encyclopedia by Bartholomaeus Anglicus, in the French translation by Jean Corbechon (Livre des propriétés des choses).

The manuscript is illustrated with half page images at the start of each book. Book 12 (birds) and Book 18 (animals) have composite images illustrating several birds/animals in naturalistic settings. Books 14 (geography) and 15 (regions of the world) also have half page images showing animals. The individual birds in Book 12 are illustrated with small images; the individual animals in Book 18 are not illustrated. The artwork is of very high quality.

• Book 12 (birds) : folio 137v-149v
• Book 13, chapter 26 (fish) : 155r-157v
• Book 18 (animals) : folio 241r-276v

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Editions and Facsimiles

Digital facsimiles

Bibliothèque virtuelle des manuscrits médiévaux (BVMM) (low quality scans from microfilm)
Bibliothèque virtuelle des manuscrits médiévaux (BVMM) (partial: extracted color images, some full page)