Medieval Bestiary

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an image of a rabbit in the middle of flowers and leaves on a red background
The Lady and the Unicorn
Detail: The Lady and the Unicorn ..... Tapestry on view at the Cluny Museum in Paris.
an illustration of a blue cat holding a book in its right hand and reading it
Book of Hours, Cat beating cymbal, from a marginal cycle of images of the funeral of Renard the Fox, Walters Manuscript W.102, fol. 78v detail
Book of Hours, Cat beating cymbal, from images of the funeral of Renard the Fox
a stamp with a bird on it is in the shape of a letter o '
Beasts : Peacock
Medieval Bestiary : Peacock Gallery BN de France, lat. 14429, folio 108v. The peacock has a long green tail adorned with eyes.
two cats are walking in front of an illuminated page from a medieval manuscript, with writing on it
Cats On Keyboards? It's A Long Ancient Tradition
A Procession of Cats. Bodleian Library, Oxford, mid-13th century manuscript.
an image of a bird on a tree branch with flowers and words written below it
Cripple Fight! (Mmm… Marginalia #97)
Bird on Flowers
an image of a fish on a piece of paper
discardingimages
discarding images - giant ray Macclesfield Psalter, England ca....
an image of a dragon with its wings spread out in the air and it's tail
Buch des Monats
Johann Prüss | Cerastes| Hortus sanitatis (1497)
an old book with ornate designs on it
Medium Aevum - Detail of a marginal illumination of a bear-scribe...
Detail of a marginal illumination of a bear-scribe writing on a scroll, from the Bohun Psalter and Hours, England, second half of the 14th century.
a drawing of a cat holding a mouse in it's paws and looking at the ground
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I has mowse Luttrell Psalter, England ca. 1325-1340. British Library, Add 42130, fol. 190r
an illustration of a blue cat holding a book in its right hand and reading it
Book of Hours, Cat beating cymbal, from a marginal cycle of images of the funeral of Renard the Fox, Walters Manuscript W.102, fol. 78v detail
Book of Hours, Cat beating cymbal, from images of the funeral of Renard the Fox
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a painting with an animal playing a musical instrument
Of the tribe of Tiger
Cat playing a lute | from a French Book of Hours, 1480-1500 [Morgan Library]
an image of a bird on a tree branch with flowers and words written below it
Cripple Fight! (Mmm… Marginalia #97)
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two monkeys are eating something in front of a wall painting with flowers and vines on it
Account Suspended
monkeys
two monkeys are eating something in front of a wall painting with flowers and vines on it
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monkeys
an old book with some writing on it
Gravity (in the Margins) is a Harsh Mistress (Mmm… Marginalia #94)
Hours of Margareth the Black