Moralitates de avibus, etc

Description

Title: Moralitates de avibus, etc
Creator: Hugh, of Fouilloy, d. 1172 or 3.
Published / Created: [between 1190 and 1200]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: 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
Description: In Latin.
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.
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.
Extent: ff. ii + 14 + ii : 275 x 190 (224 x 146) mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval England 12th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Hugh, of Fouilloy, d. 1172 or 3.
Subject (Topic): Birds in literature
Devotional literature, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: Hugh, of Fouilloy, d. 1172 or 3.
Birds in literature
Devotional literature, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
England > 12th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Hugo de Folieto, Moralitates de Avibus, etc. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.