Produced: England (London or Oxford), c.1265-70

Language: French

Author: Guillaume le Clerc
Illustrator: 
Scribe: 

Binding: 
Media: Parchment
Script: 

Folios: 72  Height: 22.5 cm   Width: 15.5 cm

Manuscript type: Bestiary

Location: Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, France

Family: n/a

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The illustrated Bestiaire of Guillaume le Clerc is on folios 1r-72v.

Each beast is illustrated with a colored drawing; the animals sometimes escape from their frames into the margin. A common pattern is an allegorical or biblical illustration followed by a related beast illustration. Many of the illustrations have a rubric caption. Each chapter starts with a large filligreed initial.

Additional description

Digital facsimiles: Bibliothèque Nationale de France (partial)