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=== Stones (Lapides) ===
Folio 93 verso : Fire-bearing stone (Lapis ignifer)
Folio 94 verso : Adamas stone (Lapis adamas)
Folio 96 recto : Myrmecoleon (Mermecoleon)
Folio 96 verso : Verse (Versus)
Folio 97 recto : Stone in the foundation of the wall (Lapis in fundamento muri)
Folio 97 recto : The first stone, Jasper
Folio 97 recto : The second stone, Sapphire
Folio 97 recto : The third stone, Chalcedony
Folio 97 verso : The fourth stone, Smaragdus
Folio 98 recto : The fifth stone, Sardonyx
Folio 98 recto : The sixth stone, Sard
Folio 98 verso : The seventh stone, Chrysolite
Folio 98 verso : The eighth stone, Beryl
Folio 99 recto : The ninth stone, Topaz
Folio 99 verso : The tenth stone, Chrysoprase
Folio 99 verso : The eleventh stone, Hyacinth
Folio 100 recto : The twelfth stone, Amethyst
Folio 100 recto : Of stones and what they can do (De effectu lapidum)

== Gallery ==

== See also ==
Bestiary
List of medieval bestiaries
Physiologus
Ashmole Bestiary
Paris Psalter
Aviarium

== References ==

== External links ==

The Aberdeen Bestiary Project - University of Aberdeen, Online version of the bestiary.
David Badke, The Medieval Bestiary : Manuscript: Univ. Lib. MS 24 (Aberdeen Bestiary)