Bestiary

A Bestiary ( to Latin bestia, " [ wild ] beast" ) is a medieval animal seal that moralizing actual or suspected properties of beast, mythical creatures, connects allegorically with the Christian doctrine of salvation. Bestarien are often illustrated rich.

Forerunner of the bestiaries of Physiologus was from the 2nd century, which was, for example, in the 12th and 13th centuries by the bestiaries Philippe de Thaons, Guillaume le Clerc and Gervaise de Fontenay's popular again.

With Richard de Fournivals -written in prose " Bestiaire d' amour", which recounts the love Fournivals allegorically to a lady, the first secular bestiary was born.

In the 19th century a rich bestiary was designed by Aloys Zötl, a master dyer of the monarchy from Upper Austria, created.

In the 20th century, the form of the bestiary was picked up free again, including by Guillaume Apollinaire with " Le cortège d' Orphée bestiaire ou le " (1911) and Franz Blei with the "big bestiary of modern literature " ( 1924). Nowadays, many artists design their own bestiaries, with highly detailed, often fanciful drawings of animals.

In pen -and- paper role- playing books about the creatures appearing in this game are also called bestiary.

Bestiaries

• Physiologus. 2nd century online Physiologus. From d Griech. transl. and ed. by Ursula litter. Hanau 1981.

• Bestiary or the entourage of Orpheus. Übers by Karl Krolow. Frankfurt q.s. 1995. ISBN 3-458-19151-8

• Unicorn, sphinx and salamanders. Frankfurt q.s. 1993.ISBN 3-596-10584-6