page_title: Bestiary
hierarchical_section_title: Bestiary
caption_attribution_description: English: Bodleian Library, MS. Ashmole 1511, The Ashmole Bestiary, Folio 21r&#160;: Monoceros and Bear, England (Peterborough?), Early 13th century. 日本語: モノケロス（ユニコーン）とクマ。『アシュモル動物寓意譚』第21葉より、13世紀初頭、イングランド（ピーターバラ?）、ボドリーアン図書館蔵、オックスフォード。
context_page_description: 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.
context_section_description: 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.
caption: Monoceros and Bear. Bodleian Library, MS. Ashmole 1511, The Ashmole Bestiary, Folio 21r, England (Peterborough?), Early 13th century.
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