THE BESTIARY A BOOK OF BEASTS Author:translated by T H WHITE This is a translation of a Latin bestiary of the twelfth century - considered the same as we would a text in biology. It has no particular author. It is a compilation, a kind of naturalist's scrapbook, with additions from many hands. Its sources go back to the Church Father's and further back to Greek and Roman mythology. — A picture is given ... more »of the animal and then a description. Most descriptions are mythical. After the description, there is usually a moral lesson, reflecting the midieval view that everything in this world has a meaning to teach mankind about God.« less