Beasts Factual and Fantastic

by Elizabeth Morrison

Overview

easts Factual and Fantastic features vivid and charming details from the wealth of manuscripts in the collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum and the British Library, along with a lively text; together both word and image provide an accessible and delightful introduction to the imagination of the medieval world.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780892368884
Publisher:	Getty Publications
Publication date:	06/25/2007
Series:	Medieval Imagination
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	112
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Elizabeth Morrison is Associate Curator of Manuscripts at the J. Paul Getty Museum.

Table of Contents

Foreword   Thomas Kren   Scot McKendrick     vii
Introduction     1
Animals in Daily Life     4
Creating the Animals     7
Work and Play     12
Warfare     21
Animals and the Law     24
Studying Animals     28
Beasts in Focus: The Hunting Manual     32
Symbolic Creatures     36
Christian Symbols     39
Saintly Companions     45
Astrological Animals     49
Heraldic Creatures     53
Tales, Parables, and Fables     57
Beasts in Focus: The Bestiary     64
Fantastic Beasts     68
Marginal Hybrids     71
Mythological Animals     78
Beasts in Human Guise     84
Dragons and Demons     91
Beasts in Focus: The Apocalypse     98
Suggestions for Further Reading     102
Books of Related Interest from Getty Publications and British Library Publications     103
The Medieval Imagination Series / About the Author     104