Bestiary Collection

Bestiary of real and imaginary animals, Ming dynasty, 1368-1644. Creator: Unknown
Bestiary of real and imaginary animals, Ming dynasty, 1368-1644. Formerly attributed to Hu Huai

A Griffin, 1625-77. Creator: Wenceslaus Hollar
A Griffin, 1625-77

Painted wooden ceiling, Dadesjo Old Church, Smaland, Sweden, (1928). Circular medallions depicting scenes from the Christmas evangelium telling the story of the birth of Christ like a kind of

Bestiary ceiling, Metz, France, (1928). Creator: Unknown
Bestiary ceiling, Metz, France, (1928). 13th Century...Detail of a painted ceiling...from a building in the Poncelet Strasse...now in the Metz Town Museum [Musee de La Cour d Or]...one of the oldest

Drop cap C illuminated with a quadruped and floral motifs in the Sacramentary of San Juan de las Abadesas manuscript on parchment made?? probably in the scriptorium of Tortosa, c 1170 - 1190

The cynoscephalus, 15th century. Mythical creature with the head of a dog or baboon. From the collection of the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris

Triton, 16th century. Illustration from a French bestiary of a mythical amphibious creature about to devour a sheep. From the collection of the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris

The Fox, 1564. Illustration from a French copy of the Bestiary of Manuel Philes, originally made by the Cretan scribe Angelos Vergecios, and probably illustrated by his daughter

The Heron, 1564. Illustration from a French copy of the Bestiary of Manuel Philes, originally made by the Cretan scribe Angelos Vergecios, and probably illustrated by his daughter

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