An italian bestiary is on folio 1r-16r. There are similarities to the Tuscan Bestiary, but most scholars do not include it in that genre. McKenzie (page 381) says he does not include it as the Tuscan Bestiary because it is an isolated version that is related only in a very general way to the other Italian, as well Waldensian and French bestiaries.

This manuscript is designated as Tuscan Bestiary R4 by Goldstaub & Wendriner; it is not listed as such by McKenzie or Checchi.

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[Roughly translated from the German of Goldstaub & Wendriner, page 80-81]

The content of the manuscript is stated on the title page: “Natura degli animali. - Rime varie. - Ricette" ... [the manuscript] (up to folio 16r) is in Tuscan and called Bestiarius ... The Bestiarius begins with an introduction ... the title of the first section is: “Qui comincia il libro delle nature delle bestie". The [sections] of the animal book [are] "bestie, uccielli, pesci, serpenti" and treat 30 land animals, 7 birds ("di chaccia" [hunting]) and 27 others ("che non sono di chaccia" [not hunting]) ... the 27th chapter contains the well-known "4 creatures" [?], then (after a general introduction) “delle nature e condizioni de pesci" [fish] are 7 water animals and finally after one chapter "delle nature de serpenti" [with] 11 [snakes].

Additional Descriptions

Additional description (page 80-81)

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