British Library, Additional MS 24097
Codicology
Produced: | 13th century |
Current Location: | British Library, London, England, UK |
Manuscript Type: | Miscellany |
Physiologus Version: | Unclassified |
Aviary Group: | None |
Language: | Latin |
Illustrated: | No |
Media: | Vellum |
Script: | Various |
Description
Folio 25r-47r: The Aviarium of Hugh of Fouilloy, on the nature of birds, allegorically treated. It ends imperfectly in the chapter on the eagle. Not illustrated.
Folio 49r-?: Bestiarium, probably part of a Latin Physiologus.
[Adapted in part from the British Library description]
The combination of the De avibus and a version of the Physiologus and/or a bestiary is called the De bestiis et aliis rebus, usually (and incorrectly) attributed to Hugh of Saint Victor.
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