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Definition of Bestiaries
1. bestiary [n] - See also: bestiary
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bestiaries
Literary usage of Bestiaries
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom by Andrew Dickson White (1896)
"For the Physiologus, bestiaries, etc., see Berger de ... For admirably illustrated
articles on the bestiaries, see Cahier and Martin, ..."
2. A History of the warfare of science with theology in Christendom v. 2 by Andrew Dickson White (1901)
"For the Physiologus, bestiaries, etc., see Berger de ... For admirably illustrated
articles on the bestiaries, see Cahier and Martin, Mélanges à"Archéologie ..."
3. English Literature: From the Norman Conquest to Chaucer by William Henry Schofield (1906)
"BEAST-FABLES, BEAST-EPICS, AND bestiaries Among all savage folk beast-tales abound.
Aboriginal man, disregarding the essential differences between himself ..."
4. A Manual of the Writings in Middle English, 1050-1400 by John Edwin Wells (1916)
"bestiaries At a very early period the Church began to employ exposition of the
natures and qualities of animals, for presenting and enforcing moral and ..."
5. Shakspere's Predecessors in the English Drama by John Addington Symonds (1900)
"III. Its Popularity—The Spread of Euphuism—What we Mean by that Word.—IV.
Qualities of Medieval Taste—Allegory—Symbolism—The bestiaries—Qualities of Early ..."
6. Religious Thought in Old English Verse by Charles John Abbey (1892)
"One of these so-called ' bestiaries ' is supposed by Mr. Morris to be by the same
author as the Genesis and Exodus just spoken of. ..."
7. Rariora: Being Notes of Some of the Printed Books, Manuscripts, Historical by John Eliot Hodgkin (1902)
"They are emblematic compositions inspired by bestiaries. ... There were amatory
bestiaries, medical or therapeutic bestiaries, spiritual bestiaries, ..."
8. Shakspere's predecessors in the English drama by JOHN ADDINGTON. SYMONDS (1884)
"III. Its Popularity—The Spread of Euphuism—What we Mean by that Word.—IV.
Qualities of Medieval Taste—Allegory—Symbolism — The bestiaries—Qualities of Early ..."
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