In the past, man/animal analogies have often also been used to reinforce moral exhortation: the bestiaries are full of them.
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Unlike the bestiaries, this encyclopedic text attempted to collect and integrate all the existing information about the known animals into an accurate description of each.
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The present work is a reminder that the art ofbestiaryis not completely extinct.
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In bestiaries written after the twelfth century, sirens were portrayed in various ways.
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An essential feature of abestiaryis that it includes both real and imaginary animals, and thisbestiaryis no exception to the general rule.
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Creatures like the unicorn and griffin were not categorized in a separate mythological section in medieval bestiaries.
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An ornate carousel displaying a fantasticbestiaryis housed in a circular building near the children's playground.
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They copied not just religious works, but a variety of texts including some on astronomy, herbals, and bestiaries.
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The symbolism which usually attaches to the various animals is derived for the most part from the bestiaries.
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It was a predecessor of bestiaries (books of beasts).
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The self-sacrificial aspect of the pelican was reinforced by the widely read mediaeval bestiaries.
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This last section contains six sequences, including abestiaryand the lives of the martyred saints.
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A "volucrary" is a similar collection of the symbols of birds that is sometimes found in conjunction with bestiaries.
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It is not uncommon for video games with a large variety of enemies (especially role-playing video games) to include abestiaryof sorts.
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New features include abestiaryof all creatures encountered, and a lore section containing all the history of the region and more.
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