Manuscript

Arquivo Nacional da Torre do Tombo, MS. 90
(Lorvao Aviary)

Codicology

Produced: Portugal (Abbey of St. Mamede of Lorvao), ca. 1184
Current Location: Arquivo Nacional da Torre do Tombo, Lisbon, Portugal
Manuscript Type: Miscellany
Aviary Group: Heilingenkreuz
Language: Latin
Folios: 92
Author: Hugh of Fouilloy
Illustrated: Yes
Media: Parchment
Dimensions: Height: 21 cm Width: 13.5 cm

Description

The De avibus, a moralized book on birds by Hugh of Fouilloy, is on folio 1r-65v. Illustrated with 30 framed line drawings in brown ink with some color highlights.

Clark aviary group: Heilingenkreuz.

This is the manuscript designated L in Clark's edition.

Additional Descriptions

Additional description (page 286)

Editions and Facsimiles

Printed editions

Willene B. Clark, Medieval Book of Birds: Hugh of Fouilloy's Aviarium