Manuscript

Biblioteca Riccardiana, Cod. 1475
Libro della natura degli animali (Tuscan Bestiary)

Codicology

Current Location: Biblioteca Riccardiana, Florence, Italy
Shelfmark: Cod. 1475
Produced: Late 13th-early 14th century
Manuscript Type: Miscellany
Bestiary Family: Tuscan
Language: Italian
Folios: 166
Illustrated: No
Media: Parchment
Dimensions: Height: 16 cm Width: 11.5 cm

Description

The Tuscan Bestiary is on folio 164v-166v. Also known as the Libro della natura degli animali.

This Tuscan Bestiary manuscript is designated R5.

A copy of the spurious Letter of Prester John is on folio 146v-164r.

Additional Descriptions

Additional description (page 490-491)

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)