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* The Aberdeen Beastiary - http://www.clues.abdn.ac.uk:8080/besttest/firstpag.html
* The Aberdeen Bestiary - http://www.clues.abdn.ac.uk:8080/besttest/firstpag.html

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A bestiary is a collection of short descriptions about all sorts of animals, real and imaginary and birds usually accompanied by a moralising explanation. Personality traits and characters were given to specific animials. The bestiary became a popular form in England in the 12thC.

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