Friday, July 20, 2007

More on Medieval bestiary

http://bestiary.ca/etexts.htm

From the webpage : "The texts listed here are believed to be in the public domain. They have been scanned from the original sources and converted to text. Most are in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files, so to read them, you will need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader (version 4+), available from the Adobe Web site. Some documents are also available as simple text files, which can be opened with any word processor."


An Account of the Μυρμηκολέων or Ant-lion
Animal Symbolism in Ecclesiastical Architecture
Animals in English Wood Carving
Le Bestiaire de Gervaise
The Bestiary (Eton College Natural History Society)
The Bestiary (History)
The Bestiary of Philippe de Thaon
Birds and Beasts of the Greek Anthology
The Caladrius and its Legend, Sculptured Upon the Twelfth-Century Doorway Of Alne Church, Yorkshire
The Early English Bestiary
An Encyclopedist Of The Dark Ages: Isidore of Seville
The History of Reynard the Fox
Introduction to Queen Mary's Psalter: Miniatures and Drawings by an English Artist of the 14th Century Reproduced from Royal MS. 2 B. VII in the British Museum
On the Legend of the Serra or Saw-Fish
The Old English Physiologus
Physiologus: A Metrical Bestiary of Twelve Chapters by Bishop Theobald
Reynard the Fox
Some Twelfth-Century Animal Carvings and Their Sources in the Bestiaries
S. P. N. Epiphanii, Episcopi Constantiæ Cypri, ad Physiologum
Symbolism of Animals and Birds Represented in English Church Architecture
The Symbolism Of The Goat On The Norman Font At Thames Ditton

PS: Since these are all older text compare them to more recent documentation - some things might have changed significantly with new research !
Enjoy !
-Maeva

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