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Corpus Christi College Parker Library, MS 11
(De rerum naturis)

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Produced: 12th century
Current Location: Corpus Christi College Parker Library, Cambridge, England, UK
Manuscript Type: Encyclopedia
Language: Latin
Folios: 223
Author: Rabanas Maurus
Illustrated: No
Media: Vellum
Dimensions: Height: 31 cm Width: 29.5 cm
Sample page - Corpus Christi College Parker Library MS 011
Folio 77r

Description

The De naturis rerum or De universo, an encyclopedia by Rabanus Maurus.

Book 7, chapter 8 (domestic animals) is on folio 70r-77r.

Book 8 (animals, fish, birds, serpents) is on folio 77r-92r.

  1. Animals (De bestiis) : folio 77r-79r
  2. Small animals (De minutis animantibus) : folio 79r-80r
  3. Serpents (De serpentibus) : folio 80r-83v
  4. Worms (De vermibus) : folio 83v-84r
  5. Fish (De piscibus) : folio 84r-85v
  6. Birds (De avibus) : folio 85v-91r
  7. Small birds (De minutis avibus) : folio 91r-92r

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