The author of a book devoted to the symbolism of birds, Hugues de Fouilloy was close to the spirituality of Saint Bernard. His relations with the monks explain the success of his work among the Cistercians. ... The Cistercian copies currently constitute about a third of the corpus of the manuscripts preserved of the De avibus. It is the most important of all the groups of attributions of the Aviary. Furthermore, the research of my predecessors on the subject has established that, among all the known copies, it is probably the Cistercian manuscripts that come closest. These observations have therefore naturally led us to ask ourselves why the Cistercians apparently attached so much importance to the copy of the De avibus. - [Author]

Language: French

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