Manuscript

Biblioteca dell'Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei e Corsiniana, Cors. 44.G.27
Libro della natura degli animali (Tuscan Bestiary)

Codicology

Current Location: Biblioteca dell'Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei e Corsiniana, Rome, Italy
Shelfmark: Cors. 44.G.27
Produced: 15th century
Manuscript Type: Miscellany
Bestiary Family: Tuscan
Language: Italian
Illustrated: Yes
Media: Paper

Description

The Tuscan Bestiary bestiary is on folio 195r-211r. Also known as the Libro della natura degli animali. Illustrated, but some of the illustrations have been removed. There are 55 bestiary chapters. The fables are not included in this manuscript.

This Tuscan Bestiary manuscript is designated Cor.

Alternate shelfmark: Rossi 27.

Additional Descriptions

Additional description 1 (page 10-11)
Additional description 2 (page 400-401)
Additional description 3 (page 3, number XXVII)

Editions and Facsimiles

Printed editions

Maximilian Goldstaub, Richard Wendriner, Ein Tosco-Venezianischer Bestiarius (1892)

Milton S. Garver, Kenneth McKenzie, Il Bestiario Toscano: secondo la lexione dei codice di Padua e di Roma (1912)

Davide Checchi, Libro della natura degli animali : bestiario toscano del secolo 13. : edizione critica (2020)