THE GRAND MEDIEVAL BESTIARY

As the 587 colorful images in this magnificent volume reveal, animals were a constantand delightfulpresence in illuminated manuscr ipts throughout the Middle Ages. They were illustrated not only in bestiariesthe compendiums of animal fact and fable that were exc eedingly popular in the twelfth and thirteenth centuriesbut in every sort of manuscript, sacred and profane, from the Gospels to th e Romance of the Rose.