Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS 395
(Bestiaire of Guillaume le Clerc)
Codicology
| Produced: | England, 13th-14th century |
| Current Location: | Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Manuscript Type: | Miscellany |
| Bestiary Family: | French |
| Language: | French |
| Folios: | 224 |
| Author: | Guillaume le Clerc |
| Illustrated: | No |
| Scribe: | 6 scribes |
| Binding: | 19th century, diced red/brown calf, gold-tooled |
| Media: | Parchment |
| Script: | Gothic bookhand |
| Dimensions: | Height: 30 cm Width: 20 cm |
Description
Includes the Bestiaire of Guillaume le Clerc, folios 153r-179r: Ci comence le Bestiaire en franceis. Qui ben comence et ben define/ Cest uerite seue et fine/...Ke nous al ior del iugement/ Seiom a sa destre partie/ Amen Amen chascun en die.
4-line initials, divided blue and red (ff. 111r, 153r, 189r), with penwork in red and blue or red only. 3- and 2- line initials, red with blue penwork or vice versa (quire VI lacks flourishes on initials). Paragraph marks in red or blue; some rubrics at beginning of articles. 1-line initials stroked with yellow or red. Ink drawings in margins include King Arthur (f. 189r). - [Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library]
This is the copy of the Bestiaire designated U by Reinsch. Formerly Sir Thomas Phillipps number 4156.
The manuscript also contains (folios 145r-152v) the Letter of Prester John to Emperor Manuel Comnenus, translated into Anglo-Norman verse by Raoul d'Arundel. This (spurious) letter describes several fabulous beasts said to live in the east.
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