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Ashmole Bestiary

Ashmole Bestiary is an illuminated manuscript.

Ashmole Bestiary

Bodleian Library, MS. Ashmole 1511, The Ashmole Bestiary, Folio 21r: Leone and Bear, England (Peterborough?), Early 13th century.

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Date
1300
Language
Latin
Held by
Bodleian Library

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  1. 01Making and history
  2. 02Provenance and holdings
  3. 03Notes, references and evidence

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