Bibliothèque Nationale de France, fr. 14970
(Bestiaire of Guillaume le Clerc)
Codicology
Produced: | France or Belgium (Hainaut), ca. 1285 |
Location: | Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, France |
Type: | Miscellany |
Language: | French |
Folios: | 48 |
Author: | Guillaume le Clerc |
Illustrated: | Yes |
Media: | Parchment |
Dimensions: | Height: 23.5 cm Width: 16.5 cm |
Description
Includes the Bestiaire of Guillaume le Clerc (folio 1r-34v) and a lapidary in verse (beginning on folio 34v). The 33 bestiary illustrations are simple, colored drawings with some gold. The artist did not know what some of the more exotic animals looked like, drawing both the crocodile and the panther with goat-like horns.
This is the copy of the Bestiaire designated G by Reinsch.
The manuscript texts are:
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