Tuesday, March 26, 2019

The Aberdeen Beastiary

The Aberdeen Beastiary just went on-line. This 12th century medieval English manuscript which
The attached photo comes from Adam naming the animals.
uses tales of animals to teach moral lessons. The book is wondrously illustrated and written in Latin.

If you click on the what looks like a timeline under the photo, you can access the original Latin with English translation, scholarly commentary, etc.

A new digital version has been uploaded by Aberdeen University, accessible here.
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/bestiary/ms24/f5r

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