Index of the Bestiary
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| Folio | Name | Translation and Transcription |
Commentary | Illustration detail |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1r | In principio...; the Creation | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 1v | Creation of the waters and the firmament | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 2r | Creation of the birds and fishes | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 2v | Creation of the animals | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 3r | Creation of man | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 3v | blank page | none | Commentary | none |
| 4r | blank page | none | Commentary | none |
| 4v | blank page | none | Commentary | none |
| 5r | blank page | none | Commentary | Detail |
| 5v | Omnibus animantibus...; the names of the living things | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 6r | blank page | none | Commentary | none |
| 6v | blank page | none | Commentary | none |
| 7r | Incipit liber de naturis bestiarium; the nature of beasts De leonibus et pardis et tigribus, lupis et vulpibus, canibus et simmiis; lions, pards and tigers, wolves and foxes, dogs and apes De genibus luporum [lionum]; the kinds of lion. De tribus principalibus naturis leonum; the three main characteristics of the lion. |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 7v | Lion, continued | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 8r | Lion, continued. Tigris vocata...; the tiger |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | Tiger |
| 8v | Tiger,
continued. De pardo; the pard. |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | Pard |
| 9r | Pard, continued. De pantera; the panther |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | Panther |
| 9v | Panther, continued | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 10r | animal grandius...; the elephant [part]. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 10v | Elephant, continued | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 11r | Elephant, continued. De castore; the beaver. De animale qoud dicitur ibex; the ibex |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | Beaver Ibex |
| 11v | Ibex, continued. De yena; the hyena. |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | Hyena |
| 12r | Hyena, continued. De bonnacon; the bonnacon. |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | Bonnacon |
| 12v | Simie vocantur...; apes. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | Apes |
| 13r | Apes, continued. De satiris; satyrs. De cervis; deer |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | Satyr |
| 13v | Deer, continued | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 14r | Deer, continued. De capre; the goat. |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | Goat |
| 14v | De caprea; the wild goat | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | Wild Goats |
| 15r | De monocero; the monceros. De urso; the bear. |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | Monoceros Bear |
| 15v | Bear, continued. De leucrota; the leucrota. |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | Leucrota |
| 16r | Leucrota, continued. De vulpe; the fox. |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | Fox |
| 16v | De eale; the yale. De lupo; the wolf. |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | Wolf |
| 17r | Wolf, continued | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 17v | Wolf, continued | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 18r | Wolf, continued. De natura canum; Of the nature of dogs |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | Dogs |
| 18v | Dogs, continued | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | Dogs of King Garamentes |
| 19r | Dogs, continued. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | Dogs, their habits |
| 19v | Dogs, continued | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 20r | Dogs, continued. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 20v | Dogs, continued. De ove; the sheep |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 21r | Sheep, continued. De vervece; the ram. De agno; the lamb. De hyrco; the he-goat |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | ram lamb |
| 21v | the he-goat, continued. De apro; the boar. De iuvenco; the bullock |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | boar |
| 22r | the horse continued. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 22v | the horse continued. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 23r | the horse continued. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 23v | the horse continued. De musione; the cat. De muribus; mice De mustela; the weasel |
Translation and Transcription De musione; the cat. De muribus; mice De mustela; the weasel |
Commentary | cat mice weasel |
| 24r | the weasel continued. De talpa; the mole. De ericiis; the hedgehog. |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | mole hedgehog |
| 24v | ants continued. De formicis; Of ants. |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | ants |
| 25r | the hedgehog continued. Hic incipit de avibus; the account of the birds. |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 25v | birds continued. De pennis deargentatis columbe; Of the wings of the dove. |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | initial detail |
| 26r | the dove continued. De columba et accipitre; Of the dove and the hawk. |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | the dove and the hawk |
| 26v | the dove continued. Hic incipit de tribus columbis; The three doves. |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 27r | Mistice de columba; The mystic aspects of the dove. Item de columba; Also of the dove. |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 27v | Item de columba; Also of the dove. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | dove |
| 28r | De columbe pedibus; Of the feet of the dove. De pennis deargentatis; Of its feathers. |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 28v | De colore alarum; Of the colour of the dove's wings. De posterioribus dorsi columbe; Of the tail feathers of the dove. |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 29r | De oculis columbe; Of the eyes of the dove. De colore reliqui corporis; Of the colour of the rest of the dove's body. De diversis proprietatibus columbe; Of the different characteristics of the dove. |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 29v | [PL, De aquilone et austro ventis]; [Of the north wind and the south wind] | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | hawk or eagle |
| 30r | the wind, continued. Item de accipitre; Of the hawk Beatus Gregorius de acciptre quomodo plumescat; The blessed Gregory on the hawk and how it moults |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | hawk |
| 30v | the hawk, continued. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 31r | the hawk, continued. De turture; Of the turtle dove |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 31v | the hawk, continued. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | turtle dove |
| 32r | the turtle dove, continued. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | turtle dove |
| 32v | the turtle dove, continued. De palma; the palm tree |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | palm tree and the turtle dove |
| 33r | the palm tree, continued. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 33v | the palm tree, continued. De cedro; Of cedars |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 34r | the cedar, continued. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | woman holding a dove |
| 34v | cedars, continued. De pellicano; Of the pelican |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 35r | the pelican, continued. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | pelicans |
| 35v | the pelican, continued. De nicticorace; the night owl |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | night owl |
| 36r | the night owl, continued. De epopo; the hoopoe |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 36v | De pica; the magpie. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | hoopoe initial detail |
| 37r | the magpie, continued. De corvo; the raven |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | magpie raven |
| 37v | De pica; the magpie. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 38r | the raven, continued. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 38v | the raven, continued. De gallo; Of the cock |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 39r | the cock, continued. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 39v | the cock, continued. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 40r | the cock, continued. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 40v | the cock, continued. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 41r | the cock, continued. De strucione; the ostrich. |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | Ostrich |
| 41v | the ostrich, continued. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 42r | the ostrich, continued. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 42v | the ostrich, continued. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 43r | the ostrich, continued. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 43v | the ostrich, continued. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 44r | the ostrich, continued. De vulturibus; Of vultures |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 44v | the vulture, continued. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | vulture |
| 45r | the vulture, continued. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 45v | the vulture, continued. De [gruibus]; Of cranes. |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | cranes |
| 46r | the cranes, continued. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 46v | the cranes, continued. De milvo; Of the kite. De psitaco; Of the parrot |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | kite |
| 47r | the parrot, continued. De ibice; Of the ibis. |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | parrot ibis |
| 47v | De yrundine; Of the swallow. |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | swallow |
| 48r | the swallow, continued. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 48v | the swallow, continued. De ciconia; Of the stork. |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 49r | the stork, continued. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | stork |
| 49v | the stork, continued. De [merula]; Of the blackbird. |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | blackbird |
| 50r | the blackbird, continued. De bubone; Of the Owl. |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | owl |
| 50v | the owl, continued. [De hupupa] ; Of the hoopoe. |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | hoopoe |
| 51r | the hoopoe, continued. De noctua; Of the nightowl. [De vespertilione]; Of the bat |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 51v | the bat, continued. [De gragulo]; Of the jay |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | bat |
| 52r | the jay, continued. |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 52v | the jay, continued. De lucinia; Of the nightingale |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | nightingale |
| 53r | the nightingale, continued. [De ansere]; Of the goose |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | goose |
| 53v | the goose, continued. [De ardea] ; Of the heron |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | heron |
| 54r | [De perdice]; Of the partridge | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | partridge |
| 54v | the partridge, continued. [De altione]; Of the halcyon |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | halcyon |
| 55r | the halcyon, continued. [De] fulica]; Of the coot. [De fenice]; Of the phoenix |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | coot |
| 55v | the phoenix, continued. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | phoenix |
| 56r | the phoenix, continued. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | phoenix |
| 56v | the phoenix, continued. [De caladrio]; Of the caladrius |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 57r | the caladrius, continued. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | caladrius |
| 57v | the caladrius, continued. De coturnice ; Of the quail |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | quail |
| 58r | the quail, continued. De cornice ; Of the crow |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | crow |
| 58v | the crow, continued. De cigno; Of the swan |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | swan |
| 59r | the swan, continued. De anatibus; Of the duck |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | ducks |
| 59v | the duck, continued. De pavone; Of the peacock |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | peacock |
| 60r | the peacock, continued. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 60v | the peacock, continued. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 61r | the peacock, continued. De aquila; Of the eagle |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 61v | the eagle, continued. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | eagle |
| 62r | the eagle, continued. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 62v | the eagle, continued. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 63r | the eagle, continued. De apibus; Of bees |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | bees |
| 63v | Of bees, continued. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 64r | Of bees, continued. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 64v | Of bees, continued. De arbore que dicitur perindens; Of the tree called perindens |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | initial detail |
| 65r | the perindens tree, continued. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | the perindens tree |
| 65v | De serpentibus; Of snakes. De draconibus; Of the dragon. |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | the dragon strangles and elephant |
| 66r | the dragon, continued. De basilisco; Of the basilisk |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | basilisk |
| 66v | the basilisk, continued. De vipera; Of the viper |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | viper |
| 67r | the viper, continued. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 67v | the viper, continued. De aspide; Of the asp. |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | asp with a snake charmer |
| 68r | the asp, continued. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 68v | De scitali serpente; Of the snake called scitalis. De anphivena; Of the anphivena. De ydro; Of the ydrus. |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | scitalis anphivena ydrus |
| 69r | the ydrus, continued. De boa angue; Of the snake called boas. De iaculo; Of the iaculus |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | the boa, the jaculus |
| 69v | the iaculus, continued. De sirenis; Of sirens. [De sepe]; Of the seps. [De dipsade]; Of the dipsa. De lacerto; Of the lizard. De salamandra; Of the salamander. |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | siren seps lizard |
| 70r | the salamander, continued. De saura serpente; Of the serpent called the saura |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | salamander |
| 70v | the saura, continued. De stellione; Of the newt. |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | saura newt |
| 71r | the newt, continued. De natura serpentium; Of the nature of snakes. |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | the snake sheds its skin |
| 71v | the nature of snakes, continued. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 72r | Incipit de vermibus; Here begins the account of worms. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | initial detail |
| 72v | worms, continued. Incipit de piscibus; Here begins the account of fish. |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | initial detail |
| 73r | [De balena]; Of the whale. De belua que dicitur serra; Of the monster called the flying-fish. De delfinibus; Of dolphins. |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 73v | Of dolphins, continued. De porcis marinis; Of sea-pigs. De cocodrillo; Of the crocodile. |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 74r | Of fish, continued. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 74v | Of fish, continued. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 75r | Of fish, continued. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 75v | Of fish, continued. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 76r | Of fish, continued. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 76v | Of fish, continued. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 77r | Of fish, continued. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 77v | Of fish, continued. De arboribus; Of trees. |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | initial detail |
| 78r | Of trees, continued. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 78v | De propriis nominibus arborum; Of the particular names of trees. De ficu; Of the fig tree |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 79r | Item de arboribus; Again of trees. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 79v | Item de arboribus; Again of trees. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 80r | Of trees, continued. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 80v | Of trees, continued. Ysidorus de natura hominis; Isidorus on the nature of man |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | initial detail |
| 81r | the nature of man, continued. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | Isidore sits in a chair |
| 81v | the nature of man, continued. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 82r | the nature of man, continued. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 82v | the nature of man, continued. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 83r | the nature of man, continued. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 83v | the nature of man, continued. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 84r | the nature of man, continued. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 84v | the nature of man, continued. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 85r | the nature of man, continued. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 85v | the nature of man, continued. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 86r | the nature of man, continued. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 86v | the nature of man, continued. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 87r | the nature of man, continued. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 87v | the nature of man, continued. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 88r | the nature of man, continued. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 88v | the nature of man, continued. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 89r | the nature of man, continued. Ysidorus de membris hominis; Isidorus on the parts of man's body |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | initial detail |
| 89v | the parts of man's body, continued. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 90r | the parts of man's body, continued. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 90v | the parts of man's body, continued. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 91r | the parts of man's body, continued. De etate hominis; Of the age of man. |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | initial detail |
| 91v | the age of man, continued. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 92r | the age of man, continued. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 92v | the age of man, continued. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 93r | the age of man, continued. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 93v | the age of man, continued. De lapidibus igniferis; Of fire-bearing stones |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | fire bearing stones |
| 94r | fire-bearing stones, continued. De lapide adamas; Of the adamas stone |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | sketch of a hill with a rock |
| 94v | the adamas stone, continued. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 95r | the adamas stone, continued. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 95v | the adamas stone, continued. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 96r | the
adamas stone, continued. De lapide qui dicitur mermecoleon; Of the stone called mermecoleon |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | open stone |
| 96v | the mermecoleon, continued. Versus; verse |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 97r | Primus lapis in fundamento muri est Jaspis; The first stone in the
foundation of the wall is jasper. Secundus Saphirus; The second, sapphire Tercius Calcedonius; The third, chalcedony |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 97v | chalcedony, continued. Quartus Smaragdus; The fourth, smaragdus |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 98r | smaragdus, continued. Quintus Sardonix; The fifth, sardonyx Sextus Sardius; The sixth, sard |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 98v | sard, continued. Septimus crisolitus; The seventh, chrysolite. Octavus Berillus; The eighth, beryl |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 99r | beryl, continued. Nonum topazius; The ninth, topaz |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 99v | Decimum crisopassus; The tenth, chrysoprase. Undecimum Iacinctus; The eleventh, hyacinth |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 100r | Duodecimum Amatistus; The twelfth, amethyst. De effectu lapidum; Of stones and what they can do. |
Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 100v | Of stones and what they can do, continued. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 101r | Of stones and what they can do, continued. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 101v | Of stones and what they can do, continued. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 102r | Of stones and what they can do, continued. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 102v | Of stones and what they can do, continued. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 103r | Of stones and what they can do, continued. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
| 103v | Of stones and what they can do, continued. | Translation and Transcription | Commentary | none |
