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Author/Creator:

Bodleian Library

Contributors:

De Hamel, Christopher, 1950-

Languages:

Latin
English

Language Notes:

Text of facsimile in Latin; introduction in English.

Main Work:

Book of beasts: a facsimile of MS Bodley 764 [Bodleian Library]

Subjects:

Bestiaries — Early works to 1800

Bodleian Library — Manuscript — Bodley 764

Bestiaries — History and criticism

Illumination of books and manuscripts, Gothic — England

Illumination of books and manuscripts, English

Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern) — England — Oxford

Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern) — England — Oxford — Facsimiles

Animals — Folklore — Early works to 1800

Animals in art

Bodleian Library

Bestiaries

Illumination of books and manuscripts, Gothic

Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)

Animals — Folklore

Animals

England — Oxford

England

Genres:

Facsimiles

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Early works

General Notes:

Full facsimile reproduction (274 pages) of a 13th century illuminated manuscript, a bestiary, created in England, perhaps in Salisbury, possibly commissioned by Roger de Mohaut.
Includes bibliograpical references (p. 24).

Physical Description:

36 pages : color facsimiles ; 30 cm

Physical Characteristics:

polychrome; facsimile; illustration

Call Numbers:

PR275.B47 H36 2008

ISBNs:

1851243178
9781851243174

OCLC Numbers:

1053065002
229309119 [Invalid]