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Detailed record for Sloane 3544
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| Title |
Bestiary |
| Origin |
England |
| Date |
2nd or 3rd quarter of the 13th century |
| Language |
Latin |
| Script |
Gothic, written below top line |
| Decoration |
Numerous (112) miniatures in brown, green, and red, on alternately blue and red backgrounds. Small initials in red. |
| Dimensions in mm |
190 x 135 (145 x 100) |
| Official foliation |
ff. 44 ( + 2 unfoliated paper flyleaves at the beginning and at the end) |
| Form |
Parchment codex |
| Binding |
Post-1600. Rawlinson binding of blue leather with gold tooling of foliate decoration with scallop shells and a bird in the centre and tooling on the edges. |
| Provenance |
Thomas Rawlinson (b. 1681, d. 1725), book collector; his binding.
Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector.
Purchased as part of the Sloane collection from Sloane's executors and incorporated into the newly founded British Museum in 1753. |
| Notes |
This is a 'Second Family' bestiary; see James; Payne p. 15. |
| Select bibliography |
Catalogue of Additional Manuscripts: Sloane 3522-3674 (London: British Museum unpublished manuscript of unedited descriptions, no date), no. 3544 [available in The British Library Manuscripts Reading Room].
Walter de Gray Birch and Henry Jenner, Early Drawings and Illuminations: An Introduction to the Study of Illustrated Manuscripts (London: Bagster and Sons, 1879), p. 8.
M. R. James, The Bestiary: Being a Reproduction in full of the Manuscript Ii.4.26 in the University Library, Cambridge (Oxford: Roxburghe Club, 1928), p. 17.
Fritz Saxl and Hans Meier, Verzeichnis astrologischer und mythologischer illustrierter Handschriften des lateinischen Mittelalters, ed. by Harry Bober, 4 vols (London: Warburg Institute, 1916-66), III: Handschriften in englischen Bibliotheken (1953), p. 247.
Florence McCulloch, Medieval Latin and French Bestiaries, University of North Carolina Studies in the Romance Languages and Literatures, 33 (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1962), pp. 37, 188.
Brunsdon Yapp, Birds in Medieval Manuscripts (London: British LIbrary, 1981), pp. 62, 65.
Dora Faraci, Il bestiario medio inglese (Ms Arundel 292 della British Library) (Rome: Japadre, 1990), p. 258, pl. 12.
Anne Payne, Medieval Beasts (London: British Library, 1990), pp. 15, 22, 28, 29, 48, 52, 61, 64, 74, 77, 87, 90, 93.
Ron Baxter, Bestiaries and Their Users in the Middle Ages (Stroud, Gloucestershire: Sutton Publishing, 1998), pp. 147, 174.
The Medieval Bestiary: Animals in the Middle Ages, ed. by David Badke, [http://bestiary.ca/manuscripts/manulocshelf.htm] [accessed 14 August 2009]. |
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f. 1
Lion and cubs |
f. 1
Lion |
f. 1
Decorated initial |
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f. 1v
Lion |
f. 2
Tiger |
f. 4
Antelope, Unicorn |
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f. 6
Beaver |
f. 6v
Ibex; hyena |
f. 7
Miniature of animals. |
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f. 7v
Apes |
f. 8
Satyr; stag |
f. 9
Goat; hunting |
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f. 9v
Goats; monoceros |
f. 10v
Bears; crocodile |
f. 11v
Fox |
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f. 12
Horned animal |
f. 13v
Dog |
f. 14
Dogs |
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ff. 15v-16
Adam and animals |
f. 15v
Detail |
f. 16
Sheep |
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f. 16
Rams |
f. 16
Sheep; rams |
f. 16v
Sheep |
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f. 17
Boar; lamb; bulls |
f. 17v
Camel |
f. 18
Dromedary; donkey |
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f. 18v
Asses; horse |
f. 20v
Cat and rats |
f. 22v
Eagles |
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f. 23
Vulture |
f. 23v
Cranes |
f. 24
Caladrius bird |
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f. 24v
Heron |
f. 25
Birds |
f. 25v
Bird |
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f. 26
Birds |
f. 26v
Phoenix |
f. 28
Pelican; owl |
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f. 28v
Mermaid |
f. 28v
Mermaid |
f. 29
Birds |
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f. 29v
Birds |
f. 30
Nightingale; bats |
f. 30v
Birds |
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f. 31
Doves |
f. 31v
Turtledoves |
f. 32
Birds |
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f. 32v
Birds |
f. 33
Hoopoe |
f. 33v
Beehives |
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f. 34v
Dragon |
f. 35
Snakes |
f. 37
Asp |
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f. 38
Creatures |
ff. 42v-43
Aquatic animals |
f. 42v
Whale |
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f. 42v
Serra |
f. 42v
Dophins |
f. 43
Serra |
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f. 43
Crocodille |
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