Bestiaries from the middle ages were books written about animals and beasts of the time either real or imaginary and often containing a moral message. Many of these were Christian texts, referencing though symbolism connections between Christianity and moralistic beliefs. Some of these also included plants and minerals.
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- The Aberdeen Bestiary Twelfth century encyclopedia of the natural world with digitized images of the books pages and translations from the original Latin; from the University of Aberdeen.
- Bibliothèque nationale de France: Medieval Bestiary Online museum exhibition featuring the Christian and other influences in bestiaries of history.
- The Medieval Bestiary Repository of information on animals in the Middle Ages, their legends, meaning and sources of the lore surrounding both imaginary and real animals, plants and stones; history of bestiaries.
- Bestiary Creatures Summaries for the bestiary and the creatures they described.
- Wikipedia: List of Medieval Bestiaries Encyclopedic entry with a list of these books from this time period.
- Catholic Encyclopedia: Bestiaries Summary of these books, Christian symbolism and art, similar compilations and international references.