The Bestiary

The Bestiary is a description of animals and their characteristics (both naturalistic characters and behavior). This book dates back to Medieval Times. In religious context, the Bestiary has an allegorical purpose since it uses fictional characters to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances. To figure out meaning (God’s plan/message/reason), everything becomes allegorical. Medieval Europe depended on Religion to figure out meaning. Blasphemy was against the law. The Bestiary demonstrates how the meaning of sense and nonsense depend on the context. Although most of these animals do not exist, their characteristics and pictures are realistic and believable.