List of medieval bestiaries

This is a list of medieval bestiaries. The bestiary form is commonly divided into "families," as proposed in 1928 by M. R. James and revised by Florence McCulloch in 1959–1962.
Latin bestiaries.
First family.
These appeared in the 10th–13th century are based upon the "B" version of the Physiologus and the writings of Isidore of Seville:
The following are all late 13th-century texts, based upon the same version of the Physiologus, with the text of "De bestiis et aliis rebus" by Hugues de Fouilloy. 
These. appearing from the 12th to 14th century, incorporate material from other sources:
Second family.
The works in this group are based principally on Isidore's "Etymologiæ" with significant additional material from Saint Ambrose, Rabanus Maurus, Solinus and others:
Third family.
These, from the 13th century, expand on the above with various races of humans, mythological creatures, and sometimes wonders of the world from Bernard Silvestris and others:
Fourth family.
The sole work in this family, from the 15th century, is distinguished by its incorporation of writings by Bartholomaeus Anglicus:
Dicta Chrysostomi.
These works were attributed in their time to John Chrysostom and appeared, mostly in Germany, from the 12th to 15th century:
Single Author manuscripts.
Many manuscripts contain portions of bestiaries that can be attributed to a single author. These include works by Isidore of Seville's "Etymologiae", Thomas de Cantimpré's "Liber de Natura Rerum", and Hugues de Fouilloy's "De avibus"
French bestiaries.
The French bestiaries are all derived from works with commonly attributed authorship, and are divided as such: