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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 industrious bee, the stubborn ass), and to reveal a mystical meaning - the phoenix, for instance, as a symbol ofChrists resurrection. This Bestiary, MS. Bodley 764, was produced around the middle of the thirteenth century and is of singular beauty and interest. The lively illustrations have the freedom and naturalistic qualityof the later Gothic style, and make dazzling use of colour. This book reproduces the 136 illuminations to the same size and in the same place as the original manuscript, fitting the text around them. Richard Barbers translation from the original Latin is a delight to read, capturing both the serious intent of the manuscript and its charm.

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title	:	Bestiary : Being an English Version of the Bodleian Library, Oxford M.S. Bodley 764 : With All the Original Miniatures Reproduced in Facsimile
author	:	Barber, Richard W.
publisher	:	Boydell & Brewer Ltd.
isbn10 \| asin	:	085115753X
print isbn13	:	9780851157535
ebook isbn13	:	9780585232607
language	:	English
subject	Bestiaries, Didactic literature, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Translations into English, Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--England--Oxford, Animals--Folklore--Early works to 1800, Animals in art.
publication date	:	1992
lcc	:	GR820.B47 1992eb
ddc	:	398.245
subject	:	Bestiaries, Didactic literature, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Translations into English, Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--England--Oxford, Animals--Folklore--Early works to 1800, Animals in art.

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Bestiary

Being an English Version of the Bodleian Library, Oxford M. S. Bodley 764 with All the Original Miniatures Reproduced in Facsimile.

Translated and Introduced by Richard Barber

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Disclaimer:
Some images in the original version of this book are not available for inclusion in the netLibrary eBook.

Richard Barber 1992

All Rights Reserved. Except as permitted under current legislationno part of this work may be photocopied, stored in a retrieval system, published, performed in public, adapted, broadcast, transmitted, recorded or reproduced in any form or by any means, without the prior permission of the copyright owner

First published 1992
The Folio Society

Reissued 1993
The Boydell Press, Woodbridge
Reprinted in paperback 1999

ISBN 0 85115 329 1 hardback
ISBN 0 85115 753 X paperback

The Boydell Press is an imprint of Boydell & Brewer Ltd
PO Box 9, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP12 3DF, UK and of Boydell & Brewer Inc.
PO Box 41026, Rochester, NY 146044126, USA
web site: http://www.boydell.co.uk

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 922466

All the illustrations in this book have been reproduced from MS. Bodley 364 by kind permission of the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford

Printed in China

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