Bibliothèque Nationale de France, lat. 2495B
Codicology
Produced: | France, ca. 1230 |
Location: | Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, France |
Type: | Bestiary |
Family: | First; H |
Language: | Latin |
Folios: | 72 |
Illustrated: | Yes |
Media: | Parchment |
Script: | Littera textualis |
Dimensions: | Height: 30.6 cm Width: 21 cm |
Description
Contains two bestiaries and an aviary.
Folios 1r-4v: Partial bestiary. 11 full color illustrations, colored initials for each chapter.
Folios 5r-27r: The Aviarium of Hugh of Fouilloy; all normal chapters are present, plus the Coot and Ibis chapters on folios 27v-29v. 30 full color illustrations; multi-color initial at the beginning, colored initials for each chapter. Clark aviary group: Paris.
Folios 29v-47: Bestiary. 34 full color illustrations, colored initials for each chapter.
Also contains Hugh of Fouilloy De rota and De medicine animae; an essay on the dove; poems on the Virtues and Vices.
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Editions and Facsimiles
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