Bestiaries
Bestiaries are books about animals, real and imaginary that usually include an illustration of the beast and a moral lesson. Bestiaries originated in the Ancient world but reached their height of popularity in the Middle Ages.
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Medieval Facsimiles at the UNT Libraries: Bestiaries
Book of BeastsCall Number: PR275.B47 H36 2008ISBN: 1851243178Full facsimile reproduction of a 13th century illuminated manuscript, a bestiary, created in England, perhaps in Salisbury, possibly commissioned by Roger de Mohaut. MS Bodley 764. Text of facsimile in Latin; introduction in English.
Date of Original: 13th Century
Location of Original: England
Facsimile Type: Full- Book of Beasts: Liber Bestiarum: Manuscript Bodley 764Call Number: PA8275.B4 H36 2008Volume 1 contains the commentary and translation of Ms. Bodley 764 ; volume 2 is a facsimile reproduction of the manuscript.
Date of Original: 13th Century
Location of Original: England
Facsimile Type: Deluxe
Medieval Facsimiles at the UNT Libraries: Bestiaries
BestiaryCall Number: PA8275.B4 E5 1992ISBN: 085115753XThis Bestiary was produced in the middle of the thirteenth century. This book reproduces 136 illuminations to the same size and in the same place as the original manuscript, fitting the text around them.
Date of Original: 1210
Location of Original: South England
Facsimile Type: Partial- Bestiarium (Manuscript Ashmole 1511)Call Number: PA8275 .B4 1982ISBN: 3201012181Contains the story of creation from Genesis (Genesis I, 1-28; I, 31-II, 2) and a section from Isidore of Seville's Etymologiae (XII, 1-8).
Date of Original: 12th Century
Location of Original: England
Facsimile Type: True
