University of Pennsylvania Library, LJS 23
(Liber de natura rerum)
Codicology
Produced: | Northern France Or Flanders, ca. 1250-70 |
Current Location: | University of Pennsylvania Library, Philadelphia, PA, USA |
Manuscript Type: | Encyclopedia |
Language: | Latin |
Folios: | 56 |
Author: | Thomas de Cantimpré |
Illustrated: | No |
Media: | Vellum |
Script: | Gothic bookhand and Gothic cursive |
Dimensions: | Height: 18.5 cm Width: 13.4 cm |
Description
Thomas de Cantimpré, Liber de Natura Rerum.
Gatherings from Books VII-XX of Thomas's general introduction to science, including parts of his sections on fish, insects and invertebrates, trees, cosmology and astronomy, herbs, springs, gems, wind and clouds, the four elements, stars, and eclipses. One of the earliest known copies of this text. Notes in a modern German hand on front flyleaves and occasionally in margins. The manuscript is not illustrated.
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