This manuscript is the earliest extant manuscript of a type of
bestiaries known as 'Clark's Second-Family' that brings in new
materials by following a system of classification into beasts,
birds and reptiles. This taxonomy is supported by illustrations.
Contents:ff. 1r-41r: A Bestiary, beginning: 'Leo fortissimus
bestiarum ad nullius pavebit occursum'. Ending: 'Nam amor feminarum
quarum peccatum ab initio cepit id est ab Adam usque nunc in filios
inobediente debachatur'.Decoration:1 large drawing in red and green
(f. 41r). 100 unframed drawings mainly in brown ink, some with
colour wash (e.g., f. 23r). Several drawings are pricked for pounce
transfer. Small decorated initials in red and blue with some pen
flourishing.Animals depicted in the drawings include: f. 1r: A
lion;f. 2r: A horse; a leopard;f. 3v: A griffon with prey in its
claws;f. 4r: An elephant;f. 5r: A hyena eating a human leg from a
tomb;f. 8r: A crocodile ('cocodrilllus') with a dead figure in his
claws;f. 10r: A king setting dogs to attack two men;f. 13r: A
camel; a dromedary;f. 17r: A vulture; cranes;f. 23r: A peacock; a
hen, both in colours;f. 27v: Snakes;f. 41r: Two human figures in a
lake of fire. Two artists worked on the drawings, according to
Clark, Medieval Book of Beasts (2006), no. 12.
