Book of beasts: the bestiary in the medieval world

Introducing the bestiary

The medieval bestiary: text and illumination / Elizabeth Morrison

Animal tales: stories and images from the bestiary

Exploring the bestiary

The bestiary in form and function

The textual kaleidoscope of the medieval bestiary / Sarah Kay

Patrons and artists: tradition and invention in medieval illuminated bestiaries / Xenia Muratova

Accommodating antlers, making room for hedgehogs, and other problems of page design in the medieval bestiary / Elizabeth Morrison

The function of bestiaries in medieval miscellanies: a case study / Ilya Dines

Expanding the bestiary's meaning: the case of Bodleian ms. 764 / Susan Crane

Painted animal images and the Greek physiologus / Georgi Parpulov

Cat. nos. 1-28

The bestiary reimagined

The bestiary in translation / Emma Campbell

Beasts at court: reading the bestiary in the late thirteenth century / Larisa Grollemond

Cat. nos. 29-34

Beyond the bestiary

Church and court

The bestiary beyond the book / Meredith Cohen

Cat. nos. 35-73

King of beasts: feline aquamanilia / Christine Sciacca

Cat. nos. 74-76

Cosmic creatures: animals in Hebrew illuminated manuscripts / Elizabeth Eisenberg and Melanie Holcomb

Cat. nos. 77-78

Bestiaries and natural history

Encyclopedic beasts / Emily Steiner

Cat. nos. 79-93

Beast lore in the Islamic tradition / Rebecca Hill

Cat. nos. 94-96

The bestiary on medieval world maps / Debra Higgs Strickland

Monsters, animals, maps, and sources / Chet Van Duzer

Cat. nos. 97-98

Epilogue: the legacy of the bestiary

The bestiary in the modern age / Larisa Grollemond

Cat. nos. 99-112

Appendices:

Appendix 1: list of bestiaries in the catalogue

Appendix 2: list of illustrated Latin bestiaries / Ilya Dines

Appendix 3: order of animals in selected bestiaries / Melissa Herman, Larisa Grollemond and Elizabeth Morrison

Appendix 4: textual editions and translations

References

Index.