Aristotle, De animalibus. Translated from the Greek by Michael Scot, completed by 1220.

Incipit liber primus aristotilis de naturis animalium quem transtulit magister michael scotus de greco in latinum et habet in se x libros. Includes De naturis animalium, De partibus animalium and De generatione animalium.

Opening historiated initial, 8-line, depicting a cleric showing a group of animals to monks and students; C-shaped border with biting animal heads and vines. 3 coats of arms in roundels in the lower border: 2 erased; one remains. Rubrics present for the Books only up to f. 46; thereafter both Book and chapter headings noted in the margins in a fifteenth century cursive hand.

Written in southern Italy for a member of the family of Charles I of Anjou, King of Sicily and Naples, 1266-85; the remaining coat of arms on f. 1 is of Anjou.

[Adapted from the Huntington Library catalog]

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