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bestiary
[ bes-chee-er-ee, bees- ]
noun
- a collection of moralized fables, especially as written in the Middle Ages, about actual or mythical animals.
bestiary
/ ˈbɛstɪərɪ /
noun
- a moralizing medieval collection of descriptions (and often illustrations) of real and mythical animals
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- bes·ti·a·rist [bes, -chee-er-ist, -cher-, bees, -], noun
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For the structure of this verse, see p. 327; the following is a restoration and scansion of the passages in the Bestiary.
The author of the Bestiary was acquainted with one or both of these.
The medival bestiary was a book which sought to enunciate religious instruction by an appeal to the curiosity of credulous people.
Another Bestiary, of slightly later date, illuminated in the same manner.
A Bestiary of the beginning of the thirteenth century, enriched with many very curious paintings upon a ground of brilliant gold.
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