Manuscript

Bibliothèque Municipale de Chalon-sur-Saône, MS 14

Codicology

Produced: France, ca. 1240
Location: Bibliothèque Municipale de Chalon-sur-Saône, Chalon-sur-Saône, France
Type: Bestiary
Family: First: H
Language: Latin
Folios: 92
Illustrated: Yes
Scribe: Multiple
Media: Parchment
Script: Littera textualis formata
Dimensions: Height: 32 cm Width: 25 cm
Folio 83v

Description

The bestiary is on folios 55r-89r, with folios 55r-74v being part of the Aviarium of Hugh of Fouilloy (Clark aviary group: Paris). Bound with other texts by Hugh, as well as texts by Hugh of St Victor, Ambrose, Jerome. The bestiary has 37 full color illustrations (with 19 of those in the Aviarium section). The illustrations are in frames, and are mostly in blue, green and red.

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Editions and Facsimiles

Digital facsimiles

Bibliothèque virtuelle des manuscrits médiévaux (BVMM) (partial, mostly extracted images)