Manuscript
Bibliothèque Nationale de France, fr. 14970
(Bestiaire of Guillaume le Clerc)
Codicology
| Produced: | France or Belgium (Hainaut), ca. 1285 |
| Current Location: | Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, France |
| Manuscript Type: | Miscellany |
| Bestiary Family: | French |
| Language: | French |
| Folios: | 48 |
| Author: | Guillaume le Clerc |
| Illustrated: | Yes |
| Media: | Parchment |
| Dimensions: | Height: 23.5 cm Width: 16.5 cm |
Folio 2r
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:
- Guillaume le Clerc, Bestiaire Divin (folio 1r-34v)
- Marbodus Redonensis, De Lapidibus (Tran. Guillaume le Clerc) (folio 34v-47r)
- Astronomical diagram from Gautier de Metz, L'Image du Monde (folio 48r)
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