bestiary
Other forms: bestiaries
A bestiary is a book from the medieval era with pictures and stories of animals. Bestiaries includes real animals as well as mythical animals such as unicorns.
A medieval source of information about animals is a bestiary — a book with descriptions of animals real and imaginary, often with moralizing tales of their exploits. In this respect, bestiaries had a lot in common with fairy tales, which also often end with a moral. Bestiaries often had gorgeous artwork portraying the real and fanciful creatures. If you like reading about centaurs as much as bears, you'd probably enjoy reading a bestiary, which is related to the word beast.
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a medieval book (usually illustrated) with allegorical and amusing descriptions of real and fabled animalstype of:booka written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
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Two kids — Mal and Christopher — unite to save the magical islands of the Archipelago, full of mythical creatures. On the way, each learns who they are and their destiny in life.
This first book of the Outlaw Saints duology introduces sixteen-year-old Mateo Matisse, a New York City musician who must learn how to use his healing powers to save his aunt and raise his sunken island birthplace.