De arte venandi cum avibus
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De arte venandi cum avibus is an illuminated manuscript containing the Latin text of "The art of Falconry" which was written in the 13th century by Frederic II von Hohenstaufen and lost in 1248 at Parma. The 2-column 80 (or 111?) folio parchment codex is a copy by King Manfredi which reappeared after 1258, and is now in the Vatican Library. Besides the treatise on falconry the book contains systematic descriptions of 900 species of birds illuminated by 500 miniatures. The author introduced a binomial taxonomy system similar to that later reinvented or resumed by Lines.
A copy of this book was written by Jean II Dampierre around 1300. An earlier European book on falconry is a 10th century work by Anonymous de Vercelli.
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De arte venandi cum avibus, Bibliotheca Vaticana, Pal. lat. 1071, f. 79v/80r
