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Bestiary, written in the 13th cent. in France (?)
'Incipit liber de naturis bestiarum': beg. 'Leo fortissimus bestiarum ... Bestiarum vocabulum proprie conuenit leonibus.' The first chapter of Genesis precedes on fol. 1, not quite perfect. The work to some extent corresponds with bks. ii and iii of the work sometimes printed as by Hugo de S. Victore (bk. ii of which is believed to be by Hugo de Folieto), and ends imperfect in the chapter 'de Cocodrillo' (Crocodilo), with '& occurrens regibus': Douce has added an index of the animals…
Collection:
Douce Manuscripts
Shelfmark: MS. Douce 151
Extents: 90 Leaves
Dates:
written in the 13th cent. in France (?)