Fables from the `Novus Aesopus` of Alexander Neckam., Before 1218.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.18.4.9(v), folios 57 verso-59 verso
Scope and Contents
The fables are numbers 31-32, 34, 38-39, 41-42, 19, 8, 6, 1, 9-10, 13-16, 20-25 in ‘Les Fabulistes latins’, ii, pages 392-416. An additional fable, not printed in ‘Les Fabulistes latins’, is given between numbers 19 and 8 (folio 58 verso, column b), beginning `Arboris in patula mel reperit ursa caverna`. The last fable breaks off after line 5. It is followed by a partially erased colophon, `Explicit liber...`.
Dates
- Creation: Before 1218.
Extent
0.00 Linear metres
Bibliography
Hervieux, Léopold. ‘Les Fabulistes latins’, ii (Paris, 1894).
Hunt, R W ‘The Schools and the Cloister’ (Oxford, 1984), page 129.
Hunt, R W ‘The Schools and the Cloister’ (Oxford, 1984), page 129.
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Repository Details
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National Library of Scotland
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Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk