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- Creator:
- Hugh, of Fouilloy, d. 1172 or 3.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1190 and 1200]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 189
- Image Count:
- 44
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- 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., and 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.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and 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, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Moralitates de avibus, etc