Manuscript
Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Marston MS 119
Codicology
| Produced: | Northern Italy, 13th century, 2nd half |
| Current Location: | Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Manuscript Type: | Miscellany |
| Language: | Latin |
| Folios: | 186 |
| Illustrated: | No |
| Scribe: | Multiple |
| Binding: | French, 19th century, quarter bound in blind-tooled brown calf |
| Media: | Parchment |
| Script: | Gothic bookhand |
| Dimensions: | Height: 23.5 cm Width: 16.1 cm |
Folio 178r
Description
Miscellaneous texts, including a bestiary (part 6) and extracts from the Etymologiae of Isidore of Seville (part 7).
- f.177v-183r: Bestiary, with extracts from Isidore, Etymologiae, Books 12.1.1-12.8.17. With over 120 animals, birds, fish, serpents and worms in about 12 pages, the entries are necessarily very short, some only a few words. Many of the fish and worms described are not usually found in a bestiary.
- f.183r-183v: Extracts from Isidore, Etymologiae, Books 2 and 8. 'Philosofi grece latine amatores sapientie interpretantur'.
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