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The Peterborough Bestiary
(Parker Library, Cambridge)
The Peterborough Bestiary
Fabulous local and exotic fauna in Gothic imagery.
€ 3,480.00
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The Peterborough Bestiary
The Peterborough Bestiary
(Single leaves)
Medieval wonders of the animal kingdom described and interpreted in a splendid picture book.
Product is ready for delivery in 1 to 2 weeks
€ 68.00 
A folder containing two full-sized leaves (348 x 236 mm) from the facsimile edition and an illustrated 16-page information brochure.
Produkt-Nr.: SK_364; Verlag/Hersteller: Faksimile Verlag Luzern
Animal books have been known since classical Antiquity and it is no surprise that they were among the most popular illustrated manuscripts of the Middle Ages. A particularly fine example is the Peterborough Bestiary produced around 1300 with great knowledge of art and nature in an East Anglian abbey.
Dogs, horses, monkeys and lions, deer, sirens, and the phoenix, feature among the more than 100 animals painted and described in the book which, in accordance with the custom of the time, interprets their behaviour from a Christological perspective. People believed in animals that did not exist and fabulous qualities were attributed to many real animals.