A treatise comprising the anecdotal works of the holy fathers and the writings of the ecclesiastics. Four volumes.

This enormous and difficult compilation, written mostly in Latin but with many other languages and scripts, collects the writings of early Christian writers. Items of interest here:

• De Avibus, On moralized texts about birds birds (Volume 2, Chapter 8, page 470-520)
• Physiologus: Articles on the various versions and translations of the Physiologus; lists of animal chapters; and transcriptions of the Armenian and Greek texts (Volume 3, Chapter 2, Article 2, page XLVII-LXXIV; Volume 3. page 338-394)
• De bestiis et aliis rebus, On beasts and other animals (Volume 3, Chapter 9 (page 1-101)
• Rabanus Maurus: Articles on the allegorical use of animals in the Rabanus text (Volume 3. page 428-445)
• De pisce allegorico et symbolico, On allegory and symbolism of fish (Volume 3, page 490-543)

Language: Latin