Liber Bestiarum
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BOK.ENG.AD1200s
BOK.ENG.AD2008
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Title |
Liber Bestiarum
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Description |
This impressive recreation of the Liber Bestiarum exhibits interesting styles of manuscript illumination of the Gothic age. The book contains 135 miniatures which show a variety of animals, both real and fictional, in their natural habitats or interacting with humans. Some of the animals include eagles, bears, unicorns, phoenixes, and many more. The original text was commissioned by the knight Roger de Mohaut, whose coat of arms can be found in the miniature of the elephant. Bestiarums were not merely for the study of various animals but served a religious purpose as a way to admire God’s many creations (“Liber Bestiarum”).
The original text can be found in the Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford, which is among one of the oldest libraries in Europe and the second largest in England (“History of the Bodleian”). * * * “History of the Bodleian.” Bodleian Library. Accessed November 18, 2019. https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/bodley/about-us/history. “Liber Bestiarum.” Ziereis Facsimiles. Accessed November 18, 2019. https://www.ziereisfacsimiles.com/liber-bestiarum. “MS. Bodl. 764.” Medieval Manuscripts. Bodleian Library. Accessed November 18, 2019. https://medieval.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/catalog/manuscript_1750. |
Date Created |
13th century AD
2008 AD
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Contributor |
Roger de Mohaut
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Geographical Coverage |
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Temporal Coverage |
13th Century
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Format |
Print
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Collecting Areas |
History of Writing Collection See all items with this value
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Language |
Latin
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Subject |
Gothic Art See all items with this value
Bestiarum See all items with this value
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Type |
Bestiarum
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Bibliographic Citation |
Liber Bestiarum. London: The Folio Society, 2008.
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