ARTH 323
Illuminated Manuscripts


Ashmole Bestiary
Circa 1210 A.D.
MS Ashmole 1511
Bodleian Library, Oxford

 

God creating the firmament.
Folio 5

God creating birds, beasts, and fishes.
Folio 6

God creating the beasts.
Folio 6 verso

Creation of Adam and Eve
Folio 7

Adam naming beasts and birds
Folio 9

The lion
Folio 10

Gryphon and elephant
Folio 15 verso

Peacock
Folio 72

Bees
Folio 75 verso

Asp
Folio 80 verso

Boat with three sailors lands on whale
Folio 86 verso

St. Isidore seated before his book, "On the Nature of Man"
Folio 95 verso


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