Bodleian Library, MS. Bodley 130
(Bodley Herbal and Bestiary)
Codicology
Produced: | England, Bury St Edmonds, late 11th century |
Current Location: | Bodleian Library, Oxford, England, UK |
Manuscript Type: | Miscellany |
Language: | Latin/Old English |
Folios: | 95 |
Illustrated: | Yes |
Media: | Parchment |
Description
Consists of two manuscripts bound together:
Both were copied in England in the 11th century. English translations of Latin names were added in 13th and 14th centuries.
On folio 73r-75r there is a table listing the names of herbs and animals.
Illustrated with colored drawings and some paintings. In the Medicina de quadrupeds the drawings are of animals. Partly copied from an Anglo-Saxon model of the 10th century.
Bodleian Summary Catalog number 27609.
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