Ashmole Bestiary
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The Ashmole Bestiary is a late 12th or early 13th century English
illuminated manuscript
Bestiary
containing a creation story and detailed allegorical descriptions of over 100 animals. Rich color miniatures
of the animals are also included.
The Aberdeen Bestiary
(Aberdeen University Library MS 24) may have been created by the same artist.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
illuminated manuscript
Illuminated manuscript
An illuminated manuscript is a manuscript in which the text is supplemented by the addition of decoration, such as decorated initials, borders and miniature illustrations...
Bestiary
Bestiary
A bestiary, or Bestiarum vocabulum is a compendium of beasts. Bestiaries were made popular in the Middle Ages in illustrated volumes that described various animals, birds and even rocks. The natural history and illustration of each beast was usually accompanied by a moral lesson...
containing a creation story and detailed allegorical descriptions of over 100 animals. Rich color miniatures
Miniature (illuminated manuscript)
The word miniature, derived from the Latin minium, red lead, is a picture in an ancient or medieval illuminated manuscript; the simple decoration of the early codices having been miniated or delineated with that pigment...
of the animals are also included.
The Aberdeen Bestiary
Aberdeen Bestiary
The Aberdeen Bestiary is a 12th century English illuminated manuscript bestiary that was first listed in 1542 in the inventory of the Old Royal Library at the Palace of Westminster....
(Aberdeen University Library MS 24) may have been created by the same artist.