Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 170

Go to viewer chevron_right
Source
e-codices
Library
Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
Shelfmark
  • Ms. fr. 170
Biblissima authority file
Date
  • 15th century
  • 16th century
  • ca. 1485-1490
Language
  • French
Title
  • Frederick II of Hohenstaufen, Livre de l’art de chasser au moyen des oiseaux
Agent
Description
  • In the 1240s, Frederick II of Hohenstaufen wrote a Latin treatise on falconry (De arte venandi cum avibus), in order to introduce his son Manfred to bird hunting. This treatise, consisting of 6 books, was the subject of a second edition by Manfred, who albeit revised only the first two books. At the beginning of the 14th century, the treatise was translated into French based on a manuscript which today is held in the Vatican and which contains Manfred’s additions to the first two books. The French version is preserved in 4 manuscripts, among them the one from Geneva, decorated by the Bruges Master of 1482 ("Maître brugeois de 1482") and his associates.
Place
Rights
  • e-codices - Virtual Manuscript Library of Switzerland
License
Digitisation
Manifest URL
Library logo