Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze, Cod. Magliabechiano XXI.4.135
Codicology
Current Location: | Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze, Firenze, Italy |
Manuscript Type: | Miscellany |
Bestiary Family: | Italian |
Language: | Italian |
Folios: | 59 |
Illustrated: | No |
Description
An Italian (Tuscan) bestiary.
This manuscript is designated St by Goldstaub & Wendriner.
The content of the manuscript is [given] in a statement located before the text: "Fiore di virtü prouate con sentenze di diuersi autori sacri e profani. — Isidoro della natura degli animali in uolgare." The animal book presented here, written in Tuscan (folio 26v-54r), is arranged according to [?] classes and contains few interpretations ... begins with the title: “Qui chomincia il primo libro de Ysidero cioe della natura delli animali cioe bestie vciegli serpenti...", is about the land animals, [then] on the birds, which begins with a general chapter on the birds, [then] on the snakes with a general final article on these, [then] on the worms in general, whereby only individual species are specifically characterized, and closes with a chapter "clella natura degli animali razionali"...
Additional Descriptions
Additional description
(page 81-82)
Editions and Facsimiles
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