• Miniature of an ibex, with three hunters: one with a horn, another with a bow, and an third with an axe, and two dogs, illustrating the text that the ibex has such strong horns that if it fell headlong from a high mountain its whole body would be supported by the horns. Below, 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

the beginning.Crossed tironian ets. Numerous (106) miniatures in colours of animals. Large initial on a rectangular ground in colours (f. 1). Large initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, or in red with blue pen-flourishing. Rubrics in red. Bestiary, with extracts

• Miniature of goats, one biting its back leg., Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds

the beginning.Crossed tironian ets. Numerous (106) miniatures in colours of animals. Large initial on a rectangular ground in colours (f. 1). Large initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, or in red with blue pen-flourishing. Rubrics in red. Bestiary, with extracts

• Miniature of a sow suckling piglets., Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds

the beginning.Crossed tironian ets. Numerous (106) miniatures in colours of animals. Large initial on a rectangular ground in colours (f. 1). Large initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, or in red with blue pen-flourishing. Rubrics in red. Bestiary, with extracts

• Miniature of a camel., Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds

the beginning.Crossed tironian ets. Numerous (106) miniatures in colours of animals. Large initial on a rectangular ground in colours (f. 1). Large initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, or in red with blue pen-flourishing. Rubrics in red. Bestiary, with extracts

• Miniature of badgers, illustrating the text that when digging a hole, some badgers lie on their backs and pile earth which has been dug by other badgers onto their bellies; they then allow themselves to be dragged out of the hole backwards by a piece of wood held in their mouth., Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds

the beginning.Crossed tironian ets. Numerous (106) miniatures in colours of animals. Large initial on a rectangular ground in colours (f. 1). Large initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, or in red with blue pen-flourishing. Rubrics in red. Bestiary, with extracts

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

the beginning.Crossed tironian ets. Numerous (106) miniatures in colours of animals. Large initial on a rectangular ground in colours (f. 1). Large initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, or in red with blue pen-flourishing. Rubrics in red. Bestiary, with extracts

• 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

the beginning.Crossed tironian ets. Numerous (106) miniatures in colours of animals. Large initial on a rectangular ground in colours (f. 1). Large initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, or in red with blue pen-flourishing. Rubrics in red. Bestiary, with extracts

• Miniature of a caladrius perching at the bedside of a king, illustrating the text 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, the patient is sure to die; however, if the bird faces him he will live., Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds

the beginning.Crossed tironian ets. Numerous (106) miniatures in colours of animals. Large initial on a rectangular ground in colours (f. 1). Large initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, or in red with blue pen-flourishing. Rubrics in red. Bestiary, with extracts

• Miniature of an owl (Bubo) with three smaller birds., Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds

the beginning.Crossed tironian ets. Numerous (106) miniatures in colours of animals. Large initial on a rectangular ground in colours (f. 1). Large initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, or in red with blue pen-flourishing. Rubrics in red. Bestiary, with extracts

• Miniature of an asp and a man, illustrating the text that the asp puts one ear against the ground, and blocked its other ear with the tip of its tail, so that it could not hear a snake-charmer's spell., Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds

the beginning.Crossed tironian ets. Numerous (106) miniatures in colours of animals. Large initial on a rectangular ground in colours (f. 1). Large initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, or in red with blue pen-flourishing. Rubrics in red. Bestiary, with extracts

• Miniature of a serpent with wings, illustrating the text that the snake sheds its skin by crawling through a narrow hole., Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds

the beginning.Crossed tironian ets. Numerous (106) miniatures in colours of animals. Large initial on a rectangular ground in colours (f. 1). Large initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, or in red with blue pen-flourishing. Rubrics in red. Bestiary, with extracts

• Miniature of various fish, including an eel, a sea-horse, and a creature with horns., Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds

the beginning.Crossed tironian ets. Numerous (106) miniatures in colours of animals. Large initial on a rectangular ground in colours (f. 1). Large initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, or in red with blue pen-flourishing. Rubrics in red. Bestiary, with extracts

• Miniature of a whale and a sailing boat, illustrating the text that a whale was so large and could go to sleep for so long, that men might mistake its back for an island, land on it, and try to light a fire before the whale would wake up and dive below the surface., Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds

the beginning.Crossed tironian ets. Numerous (106) miniatures in colours of animals. Large initial on a rectangular ground in colours (f. 1). Large initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, or in red with blue pen-flourishing. Rubrics in red. Bestiary, with extracts

• Detail of miniature of animals., Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds

the beginning.Crossed tironian ets. Numerous (106) miniatures in colours of animals. Large initial on a rectangular ground in colours (f. 1). Large initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, or in red with blue pen-flourishing. Rubrics in red. Bestiary, with extracts

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

the beginning.Crossed tironian ets. Numerous (106) miniatures in colours of animals. Large initial on a rectangular ground in colours (f. 1). Large initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, or in red with blue pen-flourishing. Rubrics in red. Bestiary, with extracts

• null, Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds

the beginning.Crossed tironian ets. Numerous (106) miniatures in colours of animals. Large initial on a rectangular ground in colours (f. 1). Large initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, or in red with blue pen-flourishing. Rubrics in red. Bestiary, with extracts

• null, Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds

the beginning.Crossed tironian ets. Numerous (106) miniatures in colours of animals. Large initial on a rectangular ground in colours (f. 1). Large initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, or in red with blue pen-flourishing. Rubrics in red. Bestiary, with extracts

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

the beginning.Crossed tironian ets. Numerous (106) miniatures in colours of animals. Large initial on a rectangular ground in colours (f. 1). Large initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, or in red with blue pen-flourishing. Rubrics in red. Bestiary, with extracts

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

the beginning.Crossed tironian ets. Numerous (106) miniatures in colours of animals. Large initial on a rectangular ground in colours (f. 1). Large initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, or in red with blue pen-flourishing. Rubrics in red. Bestiary, with extracts

• null, Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds

the beginning.Crossed tironian ets. Numerous (106) miniatures in colours of animals. Large initial on a rectangular ground in colours (f. 1). Large initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, or in red with blue pen-flourishing. Rubrics in red. Bestiary, with extracts