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Biblissima authority file: https://data.biblissima.fr/entity/Q149912
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Data Source: Wellcome Collection - Online Collections
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1. ff. 1r-33v Thomas of Cantimpré, De natura rerum Book V, 'De avibus'
Begins imperfectly f. 1v: 'Qui omnia volatilia...''.
Explicit: 'Expicit liber de avibus'.
2. ff. 33v-44r Thomas of Cantimpré, De natura rerum Book VI , 'De monstris ac beluis marinis'
Incipit: 'Monstra marina sunt...'
Explicit: 'Explicit liber de monstris ac beluis marinis'.
3. ff 44v-49v Thomas of Cantimpré, De natura rerum Book VII, 'De piscibus marinis sive fluvialibus', incomplete
Incipit: 'Nullus pisces ut dicit...'
Ends imperfectly: '...nec redire pisciculo...'
Thomas of Cantimpré (1201-1272) was a Dominican writer, preacher and theologian. His first and most important work, De natura rerum ('On the nature of things') was an encyclopedia of the natural world, and can be placed in the same category as the medieval encyclopedias of Alexander Neckham (1157-1217), Albert the Great (1193/1206-1280) and Bartholomew the Englishman (c. 1203-1272), all heavily influenced by the newly-translated works of Aristotle on the natural world. This manuscript contains a fragment of the encyclopedia, consisting of Book V - 'De avibus' ('On birds'), Book VI - 'De monstris ac beluis marinis' ('On beasts and monsters of the sea') and Book VII - 'De piscibus marinis sive fluvialibus' ('On salt and freshwater fish'.)
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