Bestiary — 13th century, third quarter; English
MS. Douce 167
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Bestiary — 13th century, third quarter; English
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 167
Place of origin
English
Date
13th century, third quarter
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
iv + 15leaves, in double columns
Decoration
Good miniatures (coloured drawings). (Pächt and Alexander iii. 458, pl. XLI)
Acquisition
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1834
Provenance
Francis Douce, 1757–1834
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Title
A short bestiary, partly from Isidorus's Etymologiae
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 167
Summary
Beg. [rubric]'De natura leonis, bestiarum seu animalium regis, [text] Etenim Iacob benedicens ... Phisiologus dicit tres res': ends in a chapter de lupo rapaci, 'Cerberus nostro gaudens interitu.' There are several pictures of animals.
A bookplate (lamp on books, foliage, etc.) with 'No. 146' and the motto 'studio minuente laborem' is in the book, and may belong to -- Sharpe of Coventry, from whom Douce obtained the volume by exchange (see MS. Douce 139), and who wrote a note on fol. ii.
Date
written in the first half of the 13th cent.
Language
Latin
Physical facet
On parchment, with miniatures
Physical extent
15 leaves, in double columns
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Collection contents
A short bestiary, partly from Isidorus's Etymologiae
