| The Peterborough Bestiary is among the most sumptuously decorated extant bestiaries. |
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| In medieval bestiaries the whale mistaken for an island is usually equated with the devil, who lures the unwary from the safety of their ship, the church. |
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| The position of Cain killing Abel echoes that of a wild beast on its prey, a scene commonly represented in medieval bestiaries. |
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| Gargoyles, fantastic bestiaries and legendary monsters recall the world in ancient times when myths were predominant. |
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| Today, more than 20 works have been illustrated by Alain Thomas, including several tales for children, monographs, bestiaries and books for bibliophiles. |
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| The numerous manuscripts of medieval bestiaries ultimately are derived from the Greek Physiologus, a text compiled by an unknown author before the middle of the 2nd century ad. |
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| The caladrius is a fantastical bird from medieval bestiaries. |
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| The story is repeated in bestiaries such as De bestiis et aliis rebus. |
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| Saint Phalle's universe of signs, forms, colours and structures has affinities with the bestiaries of Hindu temples, invaded by wild animals and human beauties. |
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| Bestiaries were popular in France and the Low Countries in the 13th century, and a 14th-century French Bestiaire d'amour applied the allegory to love. |
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| At the next Tydfas lecture on April 13 Christopher de Hamel will discuss Medieval Illuminated Bestiaries. |
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