Manuscript

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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