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Bestiary: Being an English Version of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, MS Bodley 764 by Richard Barber (Paperback, 1992)
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Bestiaries drew their inspiration from classical sources, to which were added very early Christianized versions of the work of natural historians. It is the combination of engaging text and a vividly depicted animal world, put together with an entirely serious purpose, that makes bestiaries objects of such fascination.