Bestiary: An Illuminated Alphabet of Medieval Beasts

by Jonathan Hunt

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Black Dog stalks travelers on the moors, and just hearing its footsteps can kill. A single glance from a basilisk is fatal. Wyverns -- two-legged dragons with wings -- attack castles and villages from the air. Hundreds of years ago, medieval scholars believed the world was filled with strange and terrifying creatures. They wrote about them in bestiaries -- collections of facts, myths, and stories about animals. Here are twenty-six creatures from those medieval legends, from the two-headed amphisbaena to the fierce ziphius, a water-owl that preys on ships and sailors. Detailed, dramatic paintings based on illuminated manuscripts will transport you to the Middle Ages -- when much of the world was still unknown and mysterious terrors haunted the night.
  • ISBN10 0689812469
  • ISBN13 9780689812460
  • Publish Date 1 October 1998
  • Publish Status Out of Stock
  • Out of Print 23 December 2009
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Simon & Schuster
  • Format Hardcover (Library Binding)
  • Pages 10
  • Language English