| 词汇 | bestiary |
| 释义 | bestiary noun[ C ] uk /ˈbes.ti.ə.ri/ us /ˈbes.ti.er.i/ a book written in the Middle Ages containing descriptions of real and imaginary animals, intended to teach morals and to entertain（中世纪的）动物寓言集 Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group/GettyImages Middle Ages (medieval Period) 501-1500 alchemy Anglo-Saxon Black Death bubonic plague byzantine chivalric chivalrous Hijrah joust Lancastrian mangonel mead hall mediaeval Norman pre-Columbian pre-feudal Romanesque the Norman Conquest troubadour Yorkist You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Books: kinds of books Examples of bestiarybestiary In the past, man/animal analogies have often also been used to reinforce moral exhortation: the bestiaries are full of them. 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. The present work is a reminder that the art of bestiary is not completely extinct. In bestiaries written after the twelfth century, sirens were portrayed in various ways. An essential feature of a bestiary is that it includes both real and imaginary animals, and this bestiary is no exception to the general rule. Creatures like the unicorn and griffin were not categorized in a separate mythological section in medieval bestiaries. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. An ornate carousel displaying a fantastic bestiary is housed in a circular building near the children's playground. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They copied not just religious works, but a variety of texts including some on astronomy, herbals, and bestiaries. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The symbolism which usually attaches to the various animals is derived for the most part from the bestiaries. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It was a predecessor of bestiaries (books of beasts). From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The self-sacrificial aspect of the pelican was reinforced by the widely read mediaeval bestiaries. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. This last section contains six sequences, including a bestiary and the lives of the martyred saints. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. A "volucrary" is a similar collection of the symbols of birds that is sometimes found in conjunction with bestiaries. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It is not uncommon for video games with a large variety of enemies (especially role-playing video games) to include a bestiary of sorts. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. New features include a bestiary of all creatures encountered, and a lore section containing all the history of the region and more. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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