Manuscript
Morgan Library, MS M.832
(De naturis bestiarum)
Codicology
| Produced: | Austria, c. 1150 |
| Location: | Morgan Library, New York, New York, USA |
| Type: | Miscellany |
| Family: | First; Dicta Chrysostomi |
| Language: | Latin |
| Folios: | 10 |
| Author: | Pseudo-Joannes Chrysostomus |
| Illustrated: | Yes |
| Binding: | Modern tan oasis niger |
| Media: | Vellum |
| Script: | Minuscule |
| Dimensions: | Height: 28.6 cm Width: 20.3 cm |
Folio 10r
Description
Bestiary; written and illustrated in the Benedictine monastery of Göttweig in Austria, manuscript no. 39 (Cat. 101) in the monastery; purchased from H.P. Kraus in 1950.
Texts:
- Rabanus Maurus, De inventione linguarum, a treatise on alphabets (excerpts, f.1r-1v)
- Pseudo-Joannes Chrysostomus, De naturis bestiarum (f 2r-10v). Bestiary title in rubrics: Incipiunt dicta Johanne Crisostimi. De naturis bestiarum
Other manuscripts with these texts include Vienna, Osterreichische Nationalbibliothek, Cod. 1010 and British Library, Sloane MS 278.
32 colored drawings. The illustrations are simple colored pen drawings, shaded in red, green or lavender.
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