(Q45425)
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Hugh, of Fouilloy, -1172 or 1173
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Bestiaries--France--13th century
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Manuscripts, Medieval--France--1200-1250
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ca. 1230-1250
13. century
1230Gregorian
1250Gregorian
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Extent: 89 leaves, bound : vellum ; 17 cm.
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Ff. 1-14 (2 quires) are a model-book consisting of 75 illustrations for copying into the 2 treatises later in the volume. In these treatises the spaces intended for the illustrations are blank.
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Probable date and origin in France from evidence of style (Clark & McNunn, 26).
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The text is written in a gothic book-hand mostly in 1 column, initial letters with pen-work decoration in red and blue.
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Bound in original blind-tooled calf.
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In a tray case,19 cm.
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Signatures of Johannes Spergaz (15th. cent; f. 15r) William Cheslyn (18th cent.; front flyleaf) and John Fossum (18th cent.; back flyleaf).
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Gift of Philip Hofer in honor of Roger S. Wieck, 1983.
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23 July 2024
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23 July 2024
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