A new text is available in the Digital Text Library: Jacob and the Mandrakes by James George Frazer, originally a paper read to and published by the British Academy in 1917. Frazer was a social anthropologist influential in the early stages of the modern studies of mythology and comparative religion, and is most famous for […]

The bestiary blog is now online (duh! like, you’re reading it, aren’t you?), though there are no articles in it yet, just the old “What’s new” data. Two articles are in preparation. There are also a couple of new digital texts available, and some other general updates.

It has been a long time since I have done a major update, and things have gotten a little ragged around the edges. This update fixes many broken links (other people will keep changing their sites!), adds a bunch more information on several of the beasts, and adds a few images, bibliography items, manuscripts, and […]

The Bestiary is now on a new server at a new hosting company. Very little has changed yet, but stay tuned: big changes are coming!

Finally, an update. Just the usual “more of everything”, with an emphasis on manuscript descriptions.

In addition to the usual updates to the beast, manuscript and bibliography pages, there are two new articles by George C. Druce in the digtal text library. The Medieval Bestiary site is now receiving an average of 30,000 visitors per month.

After a long pause, a small update… Just a bit of everything. More to come!

The beast pages have been updated with information on the allegory or moralizations that were applied to the beast tales, along with some more historical source information. There are also minor updates to other pages, new bibliography items, etc.

With the permission of the Museum Meermo in The Hague, about 130 images have been added to the beast and manuscript galleries. There are also new items in the bibliography, and a few new and updated manuscripts.

The Medieval Bestiary: Animals in the Middle Ages is now two years old! In that time it has gone from less than 200 visits per month to over 18,000 visits per month. Thanks, faithful readers! This is another large update. By permission of the Koninklijke Bibliotheek (Royal Library) of the Netherlands, over 150 new images […]