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1. De animalibus
- Creator:
- Albertus, Magnus, Saint, 1193?-1280
- Published / Created:
- [between 1450 and 1500]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 77
- Image Count:
- 785
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper, with parchment bifolios at beginning and end of each gathering, of Albertus Magnus, De animalibus
- Description:
- In Latin., Watermarks: similar to Briquet Lettre P 8606 and 8625., Script: Written by a single scribe in a neat running script for the text and a more formal style for rubrics., First initial on f. 1r, 10-line, painted blue, on red and green ground, yellow highlights. Many small plain initials in red and/or blue. Major headings lacking; minor rubrics and red initial strokes throughout., and Binding: 15th-16th centuries. Sewn and wound on five slit, tawed straps laced into oak boards and pegged or nailed. Kermes pink, braided endbands attached to primary ones sewn on hempen (?) cores laced into boards. Covered in brown calf, blind-stamped in a diamond pattern filled in with roses, fleurs-de-lis, eagles, and lions (?). Traces of five round bosses on each board and of three nails to attach a chain at the head of the lower board. Tongue-turn-ins. Two clasps on the upper board and stubs of pink, tawed straps held to the lower with metal plates. Remains of a title on parchment on the upper board. Numerous place markers, some vermilion leather, some very small Turk's head knots of leather or tawed skin. Rebacked.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Albertus, Magnus, Saint, 1193?-1280.
- Subject (Topic):
- Animals, Latin literature, Medieval and modern, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Scholasticism
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > De animalibus
2. Hugo de Folieto, Aviarium; Bestiarium; Moral treatises
- Creator:
- Hugh, of Fouilloy, d. 1172 or 3.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1300 and 1350]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 851
- Image Count:
- 54
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment of Hugo de Folieto, Aviarium, a Bestiarium, and moral treatises
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: copied by two hands writing a small Gothica Textualis Libraria, both having a tendency towards lengthening and making loops to the ascenders at the top line; A copied ff. 1r-7v and 17r-19v and is marked by conspicuous vertical decorative strokes at the top of r and long strokes on i; B copied ff. 8r-16v. Running headlines in red in artt. 3-5 in Gothica Textualis Libraria., Headings in red. 2-line (on f. 18v 3-line) initials were provided but were not executed; guide letters in the inner and outer margins. In art. 1, square spaces or roundels traced in ink have been provided in the text for illustrations, but the latter have only exceptionally been executed. No illustrations were provided in chapters 28-30 and 36-37. On f. 1v the text of chapters 31-35 is arranged in such a way, that a roundel containing a fully coloured female saint is placed in the center, and in the right-hand column a large space has been provided for a picture of the Cedar, the text being written around its stem. On f. 2r there is a drawing in crayon of a Pelican (very light, ch. 38), on f. 2v an ink drawing of a Raven (ch. 40), on f. 6r a crayon sketch of a Stork (ch. 47)., Parchment soiled and in bad condition. Holes and irregular and damaged lower edges, the latter often repaired by means of strips of parchment; the final pages badly damaged, with loss of text., The manuscript contains: 1) Hugo de Folieto (Hugh of Fouilloy, d. c. 1172), Aviarium. 2) Bestiarium (Bestiary). 3) Caesarius Arelatensis (c. 470-542), Sermo 46 (De ebrietate vitanda). 4) Ps.-Augustinus Hipponensis, Sermo de vanitate. 5) Augustinus Hipponensis (St. Augustine, 354-430), Informatio regularis (Regula ad servos Dei)., and Binding: 19th century. Reddish leather over cardboard; the covers blind-tooled with a double decorative frame, the inner one chequered, with circular dots on the intersections; small quadrangular decorative bosses in gilt (?) brass in the four corners and in the center of each cover. Spine with four raised bands. Two brass clasps attached to the rear cover, with catches on the front cover.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Hugh, of Fouilloy, d. 1172 or 3.
- Subject (Topic):
- Animals, Birds, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Sermons, Latin
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Hugo de Folieto, Aviarium; Bestiarium; Moral treatises
