Manuscript

Stiftsbibliothek Heiligenkreuz, Codex Sancrucensis 226
(Heiligenkreuz Aviary)

Codicology

Produced: Eastern France, late 12th century
Current Location: Stiftsbibliothek Heiligenkreuz, Vienna, Austria
Manuscript Type: Miscellany
Aviary Group: Heilingenkreuz
Language: Latin
Folios: 153
Author: Hugh of Fouilloy
Illustrated: Yes
Illustrator: Single
Scribe: Single
Media: Parchment
Script: Littera textualis
Dimensions: Height: 26.1 cm Width: 17.5 cm
Sample page - Stiftsbibliothek Heiligenkreuz Codex Sancrucensis 226
Folio 145v

Description

The De avibus of Hugh of Fouilloy is on folios 129r-145v. All chapters are present. 30 line drawings. Large initial for the prologue, smaller colored initials for the chapters.

Clark aviary group: Heilingenkreuz.

This is the manuscript designated H in Clark's edition.

Also contains another work by Hugh (De rota) and an unrelated manuscript of letters and writings by St Bernard.

Additional Descriptions

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Additional description 5 (page 283)

Editions and Facsimiles

Printed editions

Willene B. Clark, Medieval Book of Birds: Hugh of Fouilloy's Aviarium

Digital facsimiles

Stiftsbibliothek Heiligenkreuz (PDF file)