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Definitions of bestiary in various dictionaries:
noun - a medieval book (usually illustrated) with allegorical and amusing descriptions of real and fabled animals
A medieval collection of stories providing physical and allegorical descriptions of real or imaginary animals along with an interpretation of the moral significance each animal was thought to embody.
A modern version of such a collection.
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| a descriptive or anecdotal treatise on various kinds of animal, especially a medieval work with a moralizing tone. |
| a medieval book (usually illustrated) with allegorical and amusing descriptions of real and fabled animals |
| a book written in the Middle Ages containing descriptions of real and imaginary animals, intended to teach morals and to entertain |
| A descriptive or anecdotal treatise on various kinds of animal, especially a medieval work with a moralizing tone. |
| A medieval collection of stories providing physical and allegorical descriptions of real or imaginary animals along with an interpretation of the moral significance each animal was thought to embody. A number of common misconceptions relating to natural history were preserved in these popular accounts. |
| A modern version of such a collection. |
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| A bestiary, or bestiarum vocabulum, is a compendium of beasts. Originating in the ancient world, bestiaries were made popular in the Middle Ages in illustrated volumes that described various animals and even rocks. The natural history and illustration of each beast was usually accompanied by a moral lesson. This reflected the belief that the world itself was the Word of God, and that every living thing had its own special meaning. For example, the pelican, which was believed to tear open its breast to bring its young to life with its own blood, was a living representation of Jesus. The bestiary, then, is also a reference to the symbolic language of animals in Western Christian art and literature. |