Aberdeen — City redirects here. For other uses see Aberdeen (disambiguation) and Aberdeen City (disambiguation). Coordinates: 57°09′09″N 2°06′36″W / 57.1526°N 2.1100°W … Wikipedia
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… … Wikipedia
Aberdeen (disambiguation) — see also|Etymology of AberdeenAberdeen is a city in Scotland.Home of: *Aberdeen Alternative Festival *Aberdeen Airport *Aberdeen Art Gallery *Aberdeen Arts Centre *Aberdeen Beach and Queens Links *Aberdeen Castle *Aberdeen Citizen, free newspaper … Wikipedia
bestiary — Bestiaries were popular medieval collections of descriptions and anecdotes of both real and mythical animals, accompanied by moral commentary that gave a Christian interpretation to the animal’s stated qualities. The view behind the format of… … Encyclopedia of medieval literature
Bestiary — The illustrated bestiary, depicting real and imagined creatures, is a distinctive medieval construct. Bestiaries first appeared in England in the 12c and were derived ultimately from a Greek text, the Physiologus, from 4c Alexandria. They display … Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases
Ashmole Bestiary — The Ashmole Bestiary (Bodleian Library MS. Ashmole 1511) 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… … Wikipedia
Bestiaire d'Aberdeen — Détail du folio 56 r° du bestiaire d Aberdeen, représentant une miniature du Phénix … Wikipédia en Français
List of illuminated manuscripts — This is a list of illuminated manuscripts. 2nd century *Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, cod. suppl. gr. 1294 (Romance Papyrus) 3rd century *Oxford, Sackler Library, Oxyrhynchus Pap. 2331 (Heracles Papyrus) 4th century *Berlin, Staatsbibliothek zu… … Wikipedia
Bestiaire — Cet article concerne le genre littéraire. Pour le bestiaire médéval au sens iconographique, voir Représentation des animaux dans l art médiéval. Pour les autres significations, voir Bestiaire (homonymie) … Wikipédia en Français
Bestiario — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Para otros usos de este término, véase Bestiario (desambiguación). «El leopardo» del Bestiario de Rochester (siglo XIII). Un bestiario (o Bestiarum vocabulum) es un … Wikipedia Español
