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Paperback Bestiary: Being an English Version of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, MS Bodley 764 Book

ISBN: 085115753X

ISBN13: 9780851157535

Bestiary: Being an English Version of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, MS Bodley 764

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A delightful translation of one of the finest, and most beautiful, examples of a medieval Bestiary.

Bestiaries are a particularly characteristic product of medieval England, and give a unique insight into the medieval mind. Richly illuminated and lavishly produced, they were luxury objects for noble families. Their three-fold purpose was to provide a natural history of birds, beasts and fishes, to draw moral examples from animal behaviour (the...

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