Bestiary — c. 1300; English
MS. Douce 151
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Bestiary — c. 1300; English
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 151
Date
c. 1300
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
vii + 90leaves
Decoration
Miniatures (coloured drawings). (Pächt and Alexander iii. 527, pl. XLIX)
Acquisition
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1834
Provenance
Francis Douce, 1757–1834
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Title
Bestiary
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 151
Summary
'Incipit liber de naturis bestiarum': beg. 'Leo fortissimus bestiarum ... Bestiarum vocabulum proprie conuenit leonibus.' The first chapter of Genesis precedes on fol. 1, not quite perfect. The work to some extent corresponds with bks. ii and iii of the work sometimes printed as by Hugo de S. Victore (bk. ii of which is believed to be by Hugo de Folieto), and ends imperfect in the chapter 'de Cocodrillo' (Crocodilo), with '& occurrens regibus': Douce has added an index of the animals described. The writing is court-hand, and there are many illustrations.
Date
written in the 13th cent. in France (?)
Language
Latin
Physical facet
On parchment, with many coloured figures of animals, etc.
Physical extent
90 Leaves
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