Bestiary

THE MEDIEVAL KINGFISHER BESTIARY

FOLIO VIII

A warrior-horse chimera breathes fire upon a man. These creatures appeared one day on our shores, following the fair faced men (which also forms the top half of this chimera) as they wreak havoc on our lands. They are accompanied with a less fearsome cousin, who carries a device. A thing like a ball of stone comes out of this device’s entrails: it comes out shooting sparks and raining fire.

~ DEXTER LIN (’23)
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ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

The Rochester Bestiary: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Rochester_Bestiary

Explore other beautiful manuscripts and medieval book-making process under our resource page on Manuscripts and Book Culture.

IMAGE CREDITS

[Featured Image] https://kottke.org/16/11/the-aberdeen-bestiary-a-gorgeous-medieval-illuminated-manuscript

CONTRIBUTED BY DR. EMILY DALTONTOH HONG JIN (’23)TAMANE HARATA (’24), JODY LIM (’25), RACHEL FONG (’25), DEBORAH JANG, SUN WOO YOON (’23), HUANG HUANYAN (’23), & DEXTER LIN (’23)