Bibliothèque Nationale de France, fr. 24428
(Bestiaire of Guillaume le Clerc)
Codicology
Produced: | France (Paris?), ca. 1265 |
Location: | Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, France |
Type: | Bestiary |
Language: | French |
Folios: | 118 |
Author: | Guillaume le Clerc |
Illustrated: | Yes |
Media: | Parchment |
Script: | Littera textualis |
Dimensions: | Height: 31.2 cm Width: 21.8 cm |
Description
The fully illustrated Bestiaire of Guillaume le Clerc is on folios 53r-78v.
Also includes a French verse adaptation of the Aviarium of Hugh of Fouilly (folios 49r-52r), titled Li volucraires. Chapters 17, 12-14, 30, 33, 59. Two full color illustrations. Adaptation attributed to Ormons li clers (Ormond the Clerk). Clark aviary group: none.
Also includes a lapidary (Li lapidaires, folio 79ff); a fragment of Walter of Metz's Image du monde (folios 1r-48r); the Lais of Marie of France (folios 89ff).
Additional Descriptions
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Editions and Facsimiles
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