Manuscript

Huntington Library, HM 627

Codicology

Produced: Netherlands or England, mid 12th century
Current Location: Huntington Library, San Marino, California, USA
Manuscript Type: Miscellany
Aviary Group: None
Language: Latin
Folios: 155
Illustrated: No
Scribe: Multiple
Binding: ca. 1830, in brown morocco
Media: Parchment
Script: Miniscule
Dimensions: Height: 18 cm Width: 11 cm
Sample page - Huntington Library HM 627
Folio 1v

Description

Folios 69-83v: Hugh of Fouilloy, De avibus (book of birds). Not illustrated.

Title: Incipit libellus cuiusdam ad Ragnierum conversum cognomine corde benignum. De tribus columbis. Incipit: Si dormiatis inter medios cleros penne columbe deargentate et posteriora dorsi eius in pallore auri. In sacra scriptura frater tres columbas legendo repperi. Explicit: qui ad petram rostrum acuit dum se ipsum christo per bonam operationem conformem reddit.

Also contains other works by Hugh: De claustro animae, De medicina animae, De nuptiis.

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