Manuscript

Bibliothèque Nationale de France, lat. 2494

Codicology

Produced: France?, 12th century
Current Location: Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, France
Manuscript Type: Miscellany
Aviary Group: None
Language: Latin
Folios: 102
Illustrated: No
Media: Parchment
Dimensions: Height: 25 cm Width: 15.5 cm
Sample page - Bibliothèque Nationale de France lat. 02494
Folio 3r

Description

The De avibus, a moralized book on birds by Hugh of Fouilloy, is on folio 3r-43r.Spaces were left for illustrations, but none were completed. There are 56 chapters present; the ibis and coot chapters are not included. The text ends with Explicit liber primus, suggesting this was considered to be Book I of the four book De bestiis et aliis rebus.

Clark aviary group: none.

Also includes Hugh's De rota, De medicine animae and De nuptiis.

Alternate shelfmarks: Dupuy 1180; Regius 4161; Rigault 1904.

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