THE WESTMINSTER ABBEY BESTIARY - Browsing Facsimile Editions (4K / UHD)

Do you like this #Facsimile? Then contact us under contact@ or visit our homepage: The library of London’s significant Westminster Abbey contains a grandiose jewel of medieval #illumination: the famous Westminster Abbey Bestiary. Emerging at the end of the 13th century, the Westminster Abbey Bestiary is counted among the most beautiful of its kind. Wonderfully designed, exceedingly entertaining miniatures illustrate the numerous descriptions of animals and creatures both real and fantastical. The moral-didactic agenda of this #manuscript fades into the background in the face of its grandiose furnishings, but can be traced in the Latin-French text nonetheless. You can find this and many other facsimiles under: