This is a major contribution which will long remain as the text to consult. Almost equally useful is the detailed catalogue of the forty-nine manuscripts concerned. For complete reproductions of the illustrations of individual manuscripts, the reader is still well served by facsimile monographs, such as Richard Barber's of Bodley 764,2 but for all other purposes concerning the second-family Bestiary this volume will remain the standard work for years to come.

• Bestiary history; cultural settingThe Text, an overviewThe Text, detailsThe Illustrations, an overviewThe Illustrations in significant manuscriptsThe Manuscripts: origins, owners, codicology; general audiencePast AssumptionsNew evidence and specific audienceDecline of the Latin bestiaries

This is a major contribution which will long remain as the text to consult. Almost equally useful is the detailed catalogue of the forty-nine manuscripts concerned. For complete reproductions of the illustrations of individual manuscripts, the reader is still well served by facsimile monographs, such as Richard Barber's of Bodley 764,2 but for all other purposes concerning the second-family Bestiary this volume will remain the standard work for years to come.

• Bestiary history; cultural settingThe Text, an overviewThe Text, detailsThe Illustrations, an overviewThe Illustrations in significant manuscriptsThe Manuscripts: origins, owners, codicology; general audiencePast AssumptionsNew evidence and specific audienceDecline of the Latin bestiaries

This is a major contribution which will long remain as the text to consult. Almost equally useful is the detailed catalogue of the forty-nine manuscripts concerned. For complete reproductions of the illustrations of individual manuscripts, the reader is still well served by facsimile monographs, such as Richard Barber's of Bodley 764,2 but for all other purposes concerning the second-family Bestiary this volume will remain the standard work for years to come.

• Bestiary history; cultural settingThe Text, an overviewThe Text, detailsThe Illustrations, an overviewThe Illustrations in significant manuscriptsThe Manuscripts: origins, owners, codicology; general audiencePast AssumptionsNew evidence and specific audienceDecline of the Latin bestiaries