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This is a list of medieval bestiaries. The bestiary form is commonly divided into "families," as proposed in 1928 by M. R. James and revised by Florence McCulloch in 1959–1962.

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List of medieval bestiaries

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This is a list of medieval bestiaries. The bestiary form is commonly divided into "families," as proposed in 1928 by M. R. James and revised by Florence...

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Bestiary

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A bestiary (Latin: bestiarium vocabulum) is a compendium of beasts. Originating in the ancient world, bestiaries were made popular in the Middle Ages in...

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Pard

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which is listed in medieval bestiaries and in Pliny the Elder's book Natural History. Over the years, there have been many different depictions of the creature...

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Aberdeen Bestiary

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Recto - Adam (detail) Bestiary List of medieval bestiaries Physiologus Ashmole Bestiary Paris Psalter Aviarium "History". University of Aberdeen. Retrieved...

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Rochester Bestiary

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The Rochester Bestiary (London, British Library, Royal MS 12 F.xiii) is a richly illuminated manuscript copy of a medieval bestiary, a book describing...

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Legendary creature

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the classical griffin represented a guardian of the dead. Medieval bestiaries included animals regardless of biological reality; the basilisk represented...

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Worksop Bestiary

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a bestiary and other compiled medieval Latin texts on natural history. The manuscript has influenced many other bestiaries throughout the medieval world...

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List of Christian scientists and scholars of the medieval Islamic world

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a list of Christian scientists and scholars from the Muslim world and Spain (Al-Andalus) who lived during medieval Islam up until the beginning of the...

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Peridexion tree

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Greek-language Christian didactic text and compendium, and popular in medieval bestiaries. It is described as growing in India, attracting doves and deterring...

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List of illuminated manuscripts

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This is a list of illuminated manuscripts. Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, cod. suppl. gr. 1294 (Romance Papyrus) Oxford, Sackler Library, Oxyrhynchus...

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Barnacle goose myth

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barnacle goose myth was propagated during the early Medieval period was through bestiaries. Bestiaries described a beast real or imaginary and used that...

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Northumberland Bestiary

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Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2009, 188 p. (ISBN 9781588393180, lire en ligne [archive]), p. 144-145 Getty catalogue entry Entry on Medieval Bestiary...

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Islamic Golden Age

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contributions to Medieval Europe List of pre-modern Iranian scientists and scholars Ophthalmology in the medieval Islamic world Science in the medieval Islamic...

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Unicorn

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Fabri claimed to have seen a unicorn in Sinai. The predecessor of the medieval bestiary, compiled in Late Antiquity and known as Physiologus (Φυσιολόγος)...

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List of mythological objects

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pseudoscience from across the world. This list is organized according to the category of object. Armor of Achilles, created by Hephaestus and said to...

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