A bestiary (Latin: bestiarium vocabulum) is a compendium of beasts. Originating in the ancient world, bestiaries were made popular in the Middle Ages in...
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The Ashmole Bestiary, an English illuminated manuscript bestiary, is from the late 12th or early 13th century. Under 90 such manuscripts survive and they...
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A Bestiary Of is a compilation album by the Creatures (aka singer Siouxsie and musician Budgie), issued on CD in 1997. It compiled remastered recordings...
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The Aberdeen Bestiary (Aberdeen University Library, Univ Lib. MS 24) is a 12th-century English illuminated manuscript bestiary that was first listed in...
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Siren (mythology) (section Physiologus and bestiaries)
of the Medieval Bestiary". Getty Museum. Retrieved 2022-09-06. Compare Nothumberland bestiary (Getty MS 100) (olim Alnwick bestiary, Alnwick Castle MS...
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The Rochester Bestiary (London, British Library, Royal MS 12 F.xiii) is a richly illuminated manuscript copy of a medieval bestiary, a book describing...
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Manticore (section Bestiaries)
medieval bestiaries some of which contained entries on the manticore. Manticores in bestiaries The manticore has been included in some medieval bestiaries, with...
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Look up bestiary in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A bestiary is a compendium of beasts. Bestiary may also refer to: Bestiary (Robert Rich album), 2001...
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Lists of fictional species (redirect from Role-playing bestiary)
There are a number of lists of fictional species: List of fictional extraterrestrials (by media type) Lists of fictional alien species: A, B, C, D, E,...
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Bestiary! is an anthology of fantasy short stories, edited by American writers Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois. It was first published in paperback by Ace...
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The Worksop Bestiary, also known as the Morgan Bestiary (MS 81), most likely from Lincoln or York, England, is an illuminated manuscript created around...
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This is a list of medieval bestiaries. The bestiary form is commonly divided into "families," as proposed in 1928 by M. R. James and revised by Florence...
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Northumberland Bestiary (MS 100) is an illuminated manuscript and bestiary dating from 1250-1260. It was originally known as the Alnwick Bestiary (MS 447) as...
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GURPS Fantasy Bestiary is a sourcebook for GURPS. GURPS Fantasy Bestiary is a supplement for GURPS Magic containing original monsters and creatures found...
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The Hero System Bestiary is a supplement published by Hero Games in 1986 to provide a variety of creatures for superhero, espionage and fantasy role-playing...
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GURPS Bestiary is a source book for the GURPS role-playing game system containing information and statistics of animals. It also contains information animal...
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K-Ming Chang (section Bestiary (2020))
the author of the novel Bestiary (2020). Gods of Want won the 2023 Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction. In 2021, Bestiary was long-listed for the...
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and the classical griffin represented a guardian of the dead. Medieval bestiaries included animals regardless of biological reality; the basilisk represented...
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πάρδος) is the Greek word for the leopard, which is listed in medieval bestiaries and in Pliny the Elder's book Natural History. Over the years, there have...
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described as a bull with inward-curving horns and a horse-like mane. Medieval bestiaries usually depict its fur as reddish-brown or black. Because its horns were...
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The Bestiary is a role-playing game supplement published by TSR in 1998 for the campaign setting Dragonlance: Fifth Age using the SAGA System of rules...
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May 2017. "Pathfinder Bestiary Review". wrathofzombie.wordpress.com. 4 November 2009. Retrieved 13 May 2017. "Pathfinder: Bestiary 4 Delivers on the Promise...
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pre-modern authors (as in the allegorical descriptions of animals in medieval bestiaries) not possessed by the real organism. The legendary salamander is often...
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A crocotta, Bestiary, Royal MS 12 C XIX; (1200-1210). A crocotta, Aberdeen Bestiary manuscript (1200). A crocotta, Northumberland Bestiary, England, circa...
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System Bestiary is a compilation of creatures designed for use with Hero System role-playing game rules. It is presented in the form of a bestiary and was...
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The Zirc Bestiary (Latin: Bestiarium Zircense, Hungarian: zirci bestiárium; Országos Széchényi Könyvtár Cod. Lat. 506) is a 15th-century Hungarian illuminated...
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Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk (redirect from Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary)
Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary (titled[clarification needed] Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Wicked Bestiary outside the United States) is a collection...
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Gateway Bestiary is a 1980 role-playing game supplement written by Sandy Petersen for RuneQuest, published by Chaosium. The Gateway Bestiary is a supplement...
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The Maltese Bestiary: An illustrated guide to the mythical flora and fauna of the Maltese Islands is a 2014 compendium of legendary beasts from Maltese...
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Christian Physiologus of the 3rd or 4th century A.D. It is found in Medieval bestiaries such as the Hortus Sanitatis of Jacob Meydenbach. It is also referenced...
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