Medieval Animals

The Aberdeen Bestiary

c. 1200England; exact workshop uncertain

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An English illustrated bestiary of about 1200, now University of Aberdeen MS 24. Animal lore is interpreted through Christian moral teaching. Its close relationship to the Ashmole Bestiary makes the two especially rewarding to compare.

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