Biblioteca Nazionale di Napoli, XII.E.11
Libro della natura degli animali (Tuscan Bestiary)
Codicology
| Current Location: | Biblioteca Nazionale di Napoli, Napoli, Italy |
| Shelfmark: | XII.E.11 |
| Produced: | 1482 |
| Manuscript Type: | Bestiary |
| Bestiary Family: | Italian |
| Language: | Italian |
| Folios: | 93 |
| Author: | Guidotto da Bologna |
| Illustrated: | Yes |
| Media: | Paper |
| Dimensions: | Height: 23 cm Width: 13.8 cm |
Description
The Tuscan Bestiary, also known as the Libro della natuara degli animali. Fully illustrated with drawings and watercolor paintings.
This Tuscan Bestiary manuscript is designated N.
"Comincia il libro della virtù e proprietà degli animali ridotto allo spirito per frate Ghuidotto da Bologna et e chiamato fiore di virtù maggiore" (Here begins the book of the virtue and property of animals reduced to the spirit by Friar Ghuidotto of Bologna [13th century Dominican friar] and called the flower of greater virtue).
Title of the first chapter: "Of the ant and of its nature which is a small animal of great prudence... the ant is an animal and a small worm...".
Additional Descriptions
Additional description 1
Additional description 2
(page 239-245)
Additional description 3
(page 385-387)
Editions and Facsimiles
Printed editions
Maximilian Goldstaub, Richard Wendriner, Ein Tosco-Venezianischer Bestiarius (1892)
