• Miniature of beavers (Castor) with hunters, illustrating the text that the beavers' testicles had healing properties, and that the animals would bite them off in order to escape capture., Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds

order to escape capture. A 'Second Family' bestiary: see James.ff. 1* and 2* are small notes on the text in English pasted onto unfoliated paper flyleaves at the beginning.Crossed tironian ets. Numerous (106) miniatures in colours of animals. Large initial

• Detail of a miniature of a hyena (Yena) devouring a human corpse, which it pulls from a tomb., Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds

tomb. A 'Second Family' bestiary: see James.ff. 1* and 2* are small notes on the text in English pasted onto unfoliated paper flyleaves at the beginning.Crossed tironian ets. Numerous (106) miniatures in colours of animals. Large initial on a rectangular

• Miniature of hunters spearing a bonnacon, and protecting themselves from its burning dung with a shield. In the roundel below: miniature of a mother ape climbing a tree and trying to escape from hunters, with one baby in front and a second on her back., Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds

second on her back. A 'Second Family' bestiary: see James.ff. 1* and 2* are small notes on the text in English pasted onto unfoliated paper flyleaves at the beginning.Crossed tironian ets. Numerous (106) miniatures in colours of animals. Large initial

• Miniature of a monoceros (unicorn)., Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds

James.ff. 1* and 2* are small notes on the text in English pasted onto unfoliated paper flyleaves at the beginning.Crossed tironian ets. Numerous (106) miniatures in colours of animals. Large initial on a rectangular ground in colours (f. 1). Large

• Detail of a miniature of a monoceros (unicorn)., Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds

see James.ff. 1* and 2* are small notes on the text in English pasted onto unfoliated paper flyleaves at the beginning.Crossed tironian ets. Numerous (106) miniatures in colours of animals. Large initial on a rectangular ground in colours (f. 1).

• Detail of a miniature of a mother bear licking her cub, to give it its shape., Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds

A 'Second Family' bestiary: see James.ff. 1* and 2* are small notes on the text in English pasted onto unfoliated paper flyleaves at the beginning.Crossed tironian ets. Numerous (106) miniatures in colours of animals. Large initial on a rectangular ground

• Miniature of woman milking a cow, who is licking its calf., Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds

Family' bestiary: see James.ff. 1* and 2* are small notes on the text in English pasted onto unfoliated paper flyleaves at the beginning.Crossed tironian ets. Numerous (106) miniatures in colours of animals. Large initial on a rectangular ground in colours

• Miniature of a donkey (Asinus) prompted towards a water wheel by a man with a stick and a whistle., Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds

a whistle. A 'Second Family' bestiary: see James.ff. 1* and 2* are small notes on the text in English pasted onto unfoliated paper flyleaves at the beginning.Crossed tironian ets. Numerous (106) miniatures in colours of animals. Large initial on a

• Miniature of three horses., Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds

1* and 2* are small notes on the text in English pasted onto unfoliated paper flyleaves at the beginning.Crossed tironian ets. Numerous (106) miniatures in colours of animals. Large initial on a rectangular ground in colours (f. 1). Large initials

• Detail of a miniature of three horses., Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds

see James.ff. 1* and 2* are small notes on the text in English pasted onto unfoliated paper flyleaves at the beginning.Crossed tironian ets. Numerous (106) miniatures in colours of animals. Large initial on a rectangular ground in colours (f. 1).

• Detail of a miniature of cats, and a mouse; below, a miniature of a mouse feeding on eggs., Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds

eggs. A 'Second Family' bestiary: see James.ff. 1* and 2* are small notes on the text in English pasted onto unfoliated paper flyleaves at the beginning.Crossed tironian ets. Numerous (106) miniatures in colours of animals. Large initial on a rectangular

• Detail of a miniature of salamanders (Salamandra)., Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds

see James.ff. 1* and 2* are small notes on the text in English pasted onto unfoliated paper flyleaves at the beginning.Crossed tironian ets. Numerous (106) miniatures in colours of animals. Large initial on a rectangular ground in colours (f. 1).

• Detail of a miniature of birds hanging from branches by their beaks., Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds

Family' bestiary: see James.ff. 1* and 2* are small notes on the text in English pasted onto unfoliated paper flyleaves at the beginning.Crossed tironian ets. Numerous (106) miniatures in colours of animals. Large initial on a rectangular ground in colours

• Detail of a miniature of house martins diving for mud (although the birds depicted are coloured more like swallows)., Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds

like swallows). A 'Second Family' bestiary: see James.ff. 1* and 2* are small notes on the text in English pasted onto unfoliated paper flyleaves at the beginning.Crossed tironian ets. Numerous (106) miniatures in colours of animals. Large initial on a

• Detail of a miniature of cranes , illustrating the text that cranes took it in turns to sleep: in this miniature, four cranes are sleeping while the fifth stands on one leg with a stone held in its other claw so that if danger approaches it can wake the others., Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds

can wake the others. A 'Second Family' bestiary: see James.ff. 1* and 2* are small notes on the text in English pasted onto unfoliated paper flyleaves at the beginning.Crossed tironian ets. Numerous (106) miniatures in colours of animals. Large initial

• Detail of a miniature of two green birds, like parrots., Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds

bestiary: see James.ff. 1* and 2* are small notes on the text in English pasted onto unfoliated paper flyleaves at the beginning.Crossed tironian ets. Numerous (106) miniatures in colours of animals. Large initial on a rectangular ground in colours (f.

• Detail of a miniature of a caladrius perching at the bedside of a king, illustrating the text that states that the bird has the power to foretell whether an ill patient will live or die. If the bird turns its back on the patient, he is sure to die; however, if he faces him he will live., Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds

him he will live. A 'Second Family' bestiary: see James.ff. 1* and 2* are small notes on the text in English pasted onto unfoliated paper flyleaves at the beginning.Crossed tironian ets. Numerous (106) miniatures in colours of animals. Large initial

• Detail of mniature of herons (Ardea). This image can be interpreted in two ways: the herons can be seen as a group of three, standing together eating eels. Alternatively, it can be interpreted as a single heron, in three postures: first, dipping its head into the water to catch an eel; second, standing tall, swallowing its catch; and third, with its head twisted around to eat the eel a second time., Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds

eel a second time. A 'Second Family' bestiary: see James.ff. 1* and 2* are small notes on the text in English pasted onto unfoliated paper flyleaves at the beginning.Crossed tironian ets. Numerous (106) miniatures in colours of animals. Large initial

• Miniature of a Swan (Olor), with a fish in its beak., Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds

Family' bestiary: see James.ff. 1* and 2* are small notes on the text in English pasted onto unfoliated paper flyleaves at the beginning.Crossed tironian ets. Numerous (106) miniatures in colours of animals. Large initial on a rectangular ground in colours

• Miniature of pelicans (Pelicano). On the left side of the miniature, the pelican kills one of its young; on the right, it revives it by feeding it his blood., Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds

feeding it his blood. A 'Second Family' bestiary: see James.ff. 1* and 2* are small notes on the text in English pasted onto unfoliated paper flyleaves at the beginning.Crossed tironian ets. Numerous (106) miniatures in colours of animals. Large initial