Bestiary: Being an English Version of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, MS Bodley 764 Will Hunt haunting poetry pf working life

haunting poetry pf working life

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Bestiary: Being an English Version of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, MS Bodley 764 Will Hunt haunting poetry pf working lifeBestiaries are a particularly characteristic product of medieval England, and give a unique insight into the medieval mind. Richly illuminated and lavishly produced, they were luxury objects for noble families. Their three fold purpose was to provide a natural history of birds, beasts and fishes, to draw moral examples from animal behaviour (the industrious bee, the stubborn ass), and to reveal a mystical meaning the phoenix, for instance, as a symbol