bestiaries

Question 1

bestiary

Answer 1

book of beasts, most produced between 12th-13th C in england
anthologies including information from older sources

Question 2

use of bestiaries

Answer 2

monastic texts, used by churches, priests, monks, nuns
didactic, teaching how to be a good christian based on animal characteristics

Question 3

didactic

Answer 3

teaches something

Question 4

anthology

Answer 4

collection of published poems/writings

Question 5

Naturalis historia

Answer 5

encyclopedia of the natural world

Question 6

physiologus

Answer 6

descriptions of animals with moral content

Question 7

Hexameron

Answer 7

an account of the creation of the world, including animals made on 5th and 6th days

Question 8

etymologiae

Answer 8

encyclopedia of christian learning, including names and descriptions of animals

Question 9

second family of manuscripts

Answer 9

Ms Bodley (764) . characterized by long sections about birds (real and mythical)

Question 10

avarium

Answer 10

1132-1152 by Hugh of Fouillay. intended as a teaching text for lay brothers

Question 11

lay brothers

Answer 11

adult loosely associated with the convent/monastary (didnt join order but employed by church)

Question 12

Oblate

Answer 12

child given to monastery/convent and raised there, trained to be monk/nun, taught to read

Question 13

moral associations with basilisk attacked by weasel

Answer 13

weasel is good, attacking basilisk
basilisk is “evil”, ferocity of expression, demonic/satanic