Manuscript

Bibliothèque Nationale de France, lat. 10448

Codicology

Produced: Germany/Bavaria, 13th century
Current Location: Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, France
Manuscript Type: Miscellany
Physiologus Version: Dicta Chrysostomi
Language: Latin
Folios: 204
Illustrated: Yes
Media: Parchment
Dimensions: Height: 22 cm Width: 16 cm
Sample page - Bibliothéque Nationale de France lat. 10448
Folio 182v

Description

The Dicta Chrysostomi version Physiologus is on folio 118v - 121r. The text is divided into chapters on beasts (folio 118v-120v) and on birds (folio 120v-121v). Illustrated with brightly colored but very crudely executed drawings, three or four per page. After the goat chapter on folio 120r, spaces were left for illustrations that were not completed.

Also contains a Lapidary on folio 152r-154v.

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Editions and Facsimiles

Digital facsimiles

Bibliothèque Nationale de France (low quality monochrome images)
Bibliothèque Nationale de France (partial, animal images only)