Manuscript

Bibliothèque Nationale de France, fr. 218
(Livre des proprietés des choses)

Codicology

Produced: Poitiers, France, ca. 1485
Current Location: Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, France
Manuscript Type: Encyclopedia
Language: French
Folios: 402
Author: Bartholomaeus Anglicus
Illustrated: Yes
Media: Parchment
Script: Bastard Gothic
Dimensions: Height: 43.3 cm Width: 34.5 cm
Sample page - Bibliothèque Nationale de France fr. 218
Folio 325r

Description

The Livre des propriétés des choses (De proprietatibus rerum), an encyclopedia by Bartholomaeus Anglicus, in the French translation by Jean Corbechon.

The two animal-related illustrations do not depict animals individually, but only in groups; they appear at the start of Book 12 (birds), and Book 18 (animals).