Manuscript

Bibliothèque Municipale de Dijon, Ms. 225

Codicology

Produced: 1175-1199
Current Location: Bibliothèque Municipale de Dijon, Dijon, France
Manuscript Type: Miscellany
Aviary Group: None
Language: Latin
Folios: 144
Illustrated: Yes
Media: Parchment
Dimensions: Height: 35 cm Width: 22 cm
Sample page - Bibliothèque Municipale de Dijon Ms. 225
Folio 97v

Description

The De avibus, a moralized book on birds by Hugh of Fouilloy, is on folio 92v-98r. Incipit: Prologus Hugonis prioris in librum de tribus columbis. Only parts of the first 23 chapters are included, on the dove, hawk, turtledove and sparrow. Illustrated with a few of the usual diagrams, but no bird images.

Alternate shelfmark: Ms. 187.

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