Manuscript

Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS 851

Codicology

Produced: France or England, 13th century, 2nd half
Current Location: Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Manuscript Type: Miscellany
Aviary Group: None
Language: Latin
Folios: 19
Illustrated: No
Media: Parchment
Dimensions: Height: 26.2 cm Width: 19.5 cm
Sample page - Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library MS 851
Folio 7r

Description

Folios 1r-7v: Extracts from the Aviarium of Hugh of Fouilloy; chapters 27-56. Not illustrated. Folios 8r-19r: Extracts from a bestiary. Not illustrated.This combination of texts is called the De bestiis et aliis rebus, usually incorrectly attributed to Hugh of Saint Victor.

Round and rectangular spaces were left in the manuscript for illustrations, which were not completed.Also includes texts attributed to Augustine.

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