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Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-05-06 11:24 AM
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Has anyone heard about the Aberdeen Bestiary
I recently came across it. It is from the 15th century, with animal designs and some religious motifs. It is based on Physiologus from 4th century. I found it quite interesting. You can find more and more ancient texts via the internet, which is so great.

http://www.abdn.ac.uk/bestiary/translat/2v.hti

""The Physiologus was written in Greek, probably in Alexandria, in about the fourth century. It consisted of 48 or 49 chapters about beasts, birds and stones used as a vehicle for explaining Christian dogma. Its stories come from very ancient sources: Indian, Hebrew and Egyptian animal lore and various classical natural philosophers like Aristotle and Pliny. A moralising Christian gloss was added to these stories by a person presumably known as Physiologus. ""



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