print email comment close The Aberdeen Bestiary URL: http://www.abdn.ac.uk/bestiary/ Description: "A Bestiary is a collection of short descriptions about all sorts of animals, real and imaginary, birds and even rocks, accompanied by a moralizing explanation." The Aberdeen Bestiary appeared in 12th century England and is based on the "Physiologus," which was written in Greek in about the 4th century and "consisted of 48 or 49 chapters about beasts, birds and stones used as a vehicle for explaining Christian dogma." Includes a bibliography. From the University of Aberdeen. Author: Arnott, Michael; Beavan, Iain Publisher: University of Aberdeen Extra Keywords Full-text Library of Congress Subject Headings: Bestiaries Illumination of books and manuscripts Manuscripts, Medieval LII Database Information: Record 4590 created by Dana Evans on 11/22/1999 Last modification on 01/21/2008 Published: 11/22/1999   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/4590