The manuscripts known as bestiaries are among the most attractive medieval books, containing depictions and descriptions of all manner of beasts-some quite real, some imagined. Alongside the familiar beasts-lion, tiger, leopard, antelope, goat-are to be found the exotic and mythical-unicorn, griffin, monoceros, yale, dragon, phoenix. In the bestiaries there is a story attached to each of them, and very often a moral to point as well; the compilers, in describing the animal kingdom, sought to draw a lesson from the good and ...
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The manuscripts known as bestiaries are among the most attractive medieval books, containing depictions and descriptions of all manner of beasts-some quite real, some imagined. Alongside the familiar beasts-lion, tiger, leopard, antelope, goat-are to be found the exotic and mythical-unicorn, griffin, monoceros, yale, dragon, phoenix. In the bestiaries there is a story attached to each of them, and very often a moral to point as well; the compilers, in describing the animal kingdom, sought to draw a lesson from the good and the bad traits exhibited by each creature. The illustrators of the manuscripts meanwhile did their best to picture the beasts, many of which, real as well as mythical, they can never themselves have seen. Ann Payne follows the order of a traditional bestiary and describes each beast in a commentary which she has has derived from the original texts. The illustrations-eighty of which as in full color-are taken from nine different bestiaries in The British Library's collections. Added together in this way, the flavor of these delightful manuscripts is recreated, and we see the charming, sometimes na???ve, and often beautiful, way that the medieval artists depicted-and tried to make sense of-the living world.
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Add this copy of Medieval Beasts to cart. $15.66, very good condition, Sold by More Than Words rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Waltham, MA, UNITED STATES, published 1990 by The British Library Publishing Division.
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Very Good- in Good+ jacket. Book. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. 96pp. Just a touch of wear to red cloth, with bright gilt lettering to spine. Very nicely illustrated in color. Text clean. Binding sound. Light wear to overall nice dust-jacket. Volume measures approximately 11.25"x9"x.5"
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Add this copy of Medieval Beasts to cart. $59.75, very good condition, Sold by Pistil Books Online rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Seattle, WA, UNITED STATES, published 1990 by British Library.
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1990
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. Art. XL. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 8 3/4"w x 11 1/8"h. 96 pages. Slight edge wear to dust jacket and cover. Previous owner's attractive bird bookplate inside. Many color illustrations. "Anne Payne here follows the order of a traditional type of bestiary and describes each beast in a commentary which she has derived from the original texts. The illustrations--over seventy in full colour--are taken from nine different bestiaries in the British Library's collections."
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