At first glance it appears to a profound moment in medieval history, stunningly captured with the finest pigment and gold leaf. But on closer inspection, this lavish illustration from a 800-year-old ...

The medieval illuminated manuscript known as the Aberdeen Bestiary is one of the most lavish of its kind. Heavily encrusted in gold leaf and filled with paintings of beasts that illustrate lengthy ...

Emory Allen is a Minneapolis-based graphic designer and the creator of An Exquisite Beast—an online, illustrated version of the Exquisite Emory Allen is a Minneapolis-based graphic designer and the ...

It was long believed that the Aberdeen Bestiary was published exclusively for the wealthy elite. Details revealed by a high-definition digitization suggest it had a humbler origin. The bestiary was ...

The British Library is commemorating St. George’s Day with an extraordinary gallery of dragon illustrations culled from its digitized medieval manuscript collection. The online bestiary reveals ...

For the makers of the illuminated manuscripts of the Middle Ages, it wasn't enough to lavish attention on the text itself. There was a whole decorative world to add, of things both divine and mundane, ...