Medieval Bestiary Gallery
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discardingimages:fool riding a goatPsalter and hours (‘Prayerbook of Alphonso V of Aragon’), Valenci
wild catsGaston Phébus, Livre de la chasse, Paris 15th centuryBnF, Français 616, fol. 36r
effervescentaardvark:“The dragon is larger than the rest of all the serpents and than all the other
Magpie - Bestiary - Harley MS 4751 folio 48v
discardingimages:wolves howling at the moonPhysiologus, Crete ca. 1500LA, Getty, Ms. Ludwig XV 2, fo
castor dicitur a castrando(the beaver’s self-castration)There is an animal called the beaver,
sawfish Brunetto Latini, Li Livres dou Tresor, France ca. 1315-1325.British Library, Yates Thompson
A couple of asses, c.13th century
Miniature of a crocodile, c.13th century
Forest Fire by Piero di Cosimo, c.1500
bonacon and bevir‘Helmingham bestiary’, England ca. 1500Yale Center for British Art, Fol
Peacock - Bestiary -Harley MS 4751 folio 54v
discardingimages:Pegasus constellationSufi Latinus (Latin translation of ‘Kitāb al-kawākib al-thābit
tramez - mysterious beast looking like a rabbit wearing a great helmThomas of Cantimpré, Liber de na
rebuilding timeFrench translation of Flavius Josephus’ “Antiquities of the Jews”,
discardingimages:dragon doggy‘The Maastricht Hours’, Liège 14th centuryBritish Library, Stowe 17, fo
war elephantbestiary, England 12th centuryBL, Add 11283 fol. 4r
manticorebestiary, England ca. 1226-1250Bodleian Library, MS. Bodl. 764, fol. 25r
fox loves cockHours, France 15th century.Clermont-Ferrand, BM, ms. 84, fol. 58r
https://flic.kr/p/bGbPAH | Brazen Serpent. France 1277-1286. Hebrew. Add.11639. BL
butt licking catThomas of Cantimpré, Liber de natura rerum, France ca. 1290.Valenciennes, Bibliothèq
mouse hunt‘Northumberland Bestiary’, England ca. 1250-1260.LA, Getty, Ms. 100, fol. 33r
black cats Bestiary, England 13th century.Bodleian Library, MS. Bodl. 533, fol. 13r
cats’ habits Bestiary, England 13th century.Bodleian Library, MS. Bodl. 764, fol. 51r
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