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Moralitates de avibus, etc
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Title
Moralitates de avibus, etc.
Created
England, [between 1190 and 1200]
Physical Description
ff. ii + 14 + ii : parchment ; 275 x 190 (224 x 146) mm.
Language
Latin
Notes
Script: Written by one scribe in bold gothic bookhand.
Eighteen colored drawings of birds, many of which have been retouched by a later hand. Well drawn initials in red or blue, with penwork designs of the other color, mark the beginning of each chapter; rubrics throughout.
Most folios are stained and have been repaired, but with little loss of text.
Binding: Twentieth century. Red goatskin, gilt, by Zaehnsdorf. Marks and small holes along outer edges of leaves suggest that an earlier binding had two fore-edge clasps.
In Latin.
Record created by Beinecke staff from catalog description by Barbara Shailor.
Provenance
Belonged to Sir Thomas Phillipps (no. 3691). Purchased from W. H. Robinson in 1962 as the gift of William Robertson Coe, Yale 1949 Hon.
Access and use
Material is open for research.
Summary
Manuscript on parchment (thick, furry) of Hugo de Folieto, Moralitates de avibus. With Libri de medicina anime, Chapters 1-7, incomplete at end. Often attributed to Hugh of St. Victor. Written as part of a larger book.
Publications
Faye and Bond, p. 38, no. 189. Exhibition Catalogue, p. 189, no. 17.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
June 13, 2011
References
Shailor, B. Catalogue of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, MS 189.
Hugo de Folieto, Moralitates de Avibus, etc. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Hugo de Folieto, Moralitates de Avibus, etc. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Subjects
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Genre/Form
Manuscripts, Medieval - England - 12th century.
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