Beinecke MS 13 (olim Z109.85)                                         Italy, s. XIV^^2
Hugo de Folieto, Moralitates de avibus, etc.

     1. ff. 1r-13r    [Prologue:] Incipit libellus cuiusdam ad rainerum
     conuersum cognomine. corde benignum. de quadam auium significacione
     mistica et morali. Et primo de simplicitate. Cum scribere illiterato
     debeam non miretur diligens lectorum si ad...Qui enim sapientem verbis
     instruit. quasi pleno vasculo latices infundit. [text:] De simplicitate
     columbe. Capitulum primum. Si dormiatis inter medios cleros, penne
     columbe de argentate et posteriora dorsi ejus in pallore auri. In
     scriptura sacra frater tres columbas legendo reperi...id est mutacio
     eorum non sinit homines crescere [?] in virtute. Expliciunt moralitates
     de auibus. deo gracias.

     2. ff. 13r-14r    Incipit tabula de moralitatibus auium. Primum
     capitulum istius operis est de simplicitate...vel de hominibus lucem
     veritatis odientibus. Explicit tabula de moralitatibus auium.

     3. f. 14v    Incipiunt moralitates de piscibus. Capitulum primum. Est
     belua in mari que dicitur grece aspis chelone...ut putaretur infernum
     esse. dicente ipso iona propheta. Exaudiuit me de ventre inferi.
     Expliciunt moralitates de piscibus. deo gracias.

     4. f. 14v    Incipit tabula de piscibus. Primum capitulum est de
     belua...et de natura eiusdem. moralitas de illis qui sunt modice fidei.

     5. ff. 14v-16r    Incipiunt moralitates de lapidibus. Sunt lapides
     igniferi in quodam monte orientis quos greci vocant cheroboles...nobis
     concedat qui sine fine vivit et regnat. Expliciunt moralitates de
     lapidibus. deo gracias.

     6. f. 16v    Incipit tabula de lapidibus. Primum capitulum de lapidibus
     est de cherobolibus...moralitas de beata maria virgine. Explicit tabula
     de moralitatibus lapidum. deo gracias.

          This work is often attributed to Hugh of St. Victor in
     manuscripts; it is printed with his works in PL 177. 13-164, without
     tables, and the order of the individual sections varies considerably
     from that in this manuscript (see R. Goy, Die Ueberlieferung der Werke
     Hugo von St. Viktor [Stuttgart, 1976] pp. 491-92).

          Parchment, ff. ii (paper) + 16 + ii (paper), 237 x 180 (176 x 115)
     mm. Written in 2 columns, 46 lines, ruled in lead; single bounding
     lines, full across; prickings at top, bottom, and in inner margin, for
     bounding lines only.
          I-II^^8. Catchwords for first gathering (enclosed in red
     rectangle), located in center of lower margin on verso.
          Written by a single scribe in gothic bookhand; many abbreviations.
          Painted initial at beginning of prologue in blue, brown, pale
     yellow, green, and orange; smaller initials in red or blue with penwork
     designs. Paragraph marks in red and blue; rubrics throughout.
          Binding: s. xx. Quarter paper case.

          Written in Italy in the second half of the 14th century; early
     provenance unknown. Given to Yale in 1913 by the Yale Club of Boston.

     secundo folio: praemium

     Bibliography: De Ricci, v. 1, p. 164, no. 13.

Barbara A. Shailor