Manuscript

Bibliothèque Municipale de Vitry-le-François, Ms. 63
(Hugonis de Folieto opéra)

Codicology

Produced: 13th century
Current Location: Bibliothèque Municipale de Vitry-le-François, Vitry-le-François, France
Manuscript Type: Miscellany
Language: Latin
Folios: 96
Author: Hugh of Fouilloy
Illustrated: No
Media: Parchment
Dimensions: Height: 23.5 cm Width: 16.5 cm

Description

An incomplete copy of the De avibus, a moralized book on birds by Hugh of Fouilloy, is on folio 1r-7r. De tribus columbis ad Raynerum conversum, cognomento Corde Benignum, seu de natura avium.

There is also a fragment of parchment attached to the cover on the elephant: Elephantis natura talis esse dicitur ut ossa illius juncturis careant... (It is said that the nature of elephants is such that the bones of that joint are missing... ).

Also contains other texts by Hugh of Fouilloy.

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Editions and Facsimiles

None known