There were some problems when parts of this site (particularly the Gallery pages) were viewed with Netscape Navigator 7. Navigator 7 is (rightly) more picky about HTML coding errors than Internet Explorer, and scornfully rejected some of my code. All better now, I hope! There are also about 50 new bibliography entries and a few […]

A new digital text is available: The Bestiary by M. R. James, courtesy of Rosemary Pardoe, editor of the The Ghosts & Scholars M.R. James Newsletter web site. As usual, there are updates to the bibliography and more manuscript information.

A new digital text is available: Reynard the Fox, a chapter from Legends of the Middle Ages, first published 1896, being a paraphrase of the Reynard tales. In addition, the bibliography has been enhanced; see the new bibliography help pages for details. The number of bibliography items has also increased, and now approaches 800. There […]

Another digital text is now available: The History of Reynard the Fox, William Caxton’s English translation of 1481. Also the usual general updates, additions and corrections.

Another digital text is now available: an excellent article on the Ant-lion by George Druce (1923). Also the usual general updates, additions and corrections.

Another digital text is now available: The Introduction to Queen Mary’s Psalter by George Warner (1912). All of the beast images from that book are also now available on the beast gallery pages.

Two more digital texts are now available: The Bestiary of Philippe de Thaon, in Anglo-Norman verse with an English translation, edited by Thomas Wright in 1841; and The Bestiary, a general introduction to the bestiary genre by M. R. James (1932). There are also a few more entries in the bibliography.

This is a very large update. By permission of the Manuscript Department of the Kongelige Bibliotek, Copenhagen, most beasts now have at least one illustration. The two Copenhagen bestiaries ( Gl. kgl. S. 1633 4º and Gl. kgl. S. 3466 8º ) have full galleries of illustrations. In addition, almost all of the beasts have […]

A third digital edition of Bestiary-related books and articles is now available. This is The Caladrius And Its Legend , Sculptured Upon The Twelfth-Century Doorway Of Alne Church, Yorkshire, by George C. Druce. There are also a few more bibliography entries.

The second in a series of digital editions of Bestiary-related books and articles is now available. This is Symbolism of Animals and Birds Represented in English Church Architecture , by Arthur H. Collins, 1913.