I’ve written before about East Anglian illuminated manuscripts – the area was a byword for particular beauty in Medieval times. Bibliodyssey (a great book illustration blog) has a wonderful post on lovely pattern book – Tudor rather than earlier, part bestiary, part herbal, a collection of interesting things that caught the artist’s eye.
The animals range from fantastical to ordinary – cockatrice and crocodile, griffon and grey hound.
Or here, reaindeer, panther and pigeon, by someone who has never seen either a reindeer or a panther. The crown is a particularly nice touch. The original is in the Bodleian Library but there are 24 beautiful pages over at Bibliodyssey – go take a look.
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