Dear Kristin,
hi there! I was very interested to hear about your doctoral research
project; it sounds fascinating. For details of bestiaries, treatises on
natural history and the use of natural history in sermon literature, you may
want to have a look at the following:
Clark, Willene B., and Meradith T. McMunn, eds, _Beasts and birds of the
Middle Ages : the bestiary and its legacy_ (Philadelphia: University of
Pennsylvania Press, c1989)
Friedmann, Herbert. _A bestiary for Saint Jerome: animal symbolism in
European religious art_ (Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1980,
c1979)
George, Wilma B., _The naming of the beasts : natural history in the
medieval bestiary_ (London: Duckworth, 1991)
Hope this helps. Buon lavoro,
Domenico Zanre'.
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