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Ashmole Bestiary

English illuminated manuscript with descriptions and miniatures of animals
Manuscript Illuminated Manuscript Q4805678
Ashmole Bestiary
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Facts

8 properties
Instance of
illuminated manuscript
Inception
1300[6]
Country
United Kingdom[2]
Language of work or name
Latin[5]
Collection
Bodleian Library[3]
Described by source
Codices Illustres, Ashmole Bestiary[8][9]
Inventory number
MS. Ashmole 1511[4]
Number of pages
+90[7]
🏷️ Also known as
en Ashmole Bestiary de Bestiarium von Oxford fr Bestiaire d'Ashmole it Bestiario di Ashmole ja アシュモール動物寓意譚 pl Bestiariusz Ashmole’a
🔖 Identifiers · 5
Described at URL
medieval.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Freebase ID
/m/0278y4b
Grove Art Online ID
T2089135
IIIF manifest URL
iiif.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Work available at URL
digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk

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Collection 1
Bodleian Library
Country 1
United Kingdom
Instance of 1
illuminated manuscript
Language of work or name 1
Latin
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Summary

Ashmole Bestiary is an illuminated manuscript[1].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk. digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk. digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk. digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23d ago · Nous · 2026-10-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Codices Illustres, Ashmole Bestiary
    "Created claim: Described by source: Ashmole Bestiary"
  2. 25d ago · Nous · 2026-10-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Codices Illustres, Ashmole Bestiary
    "Created claim: Described by source: Codices Illustres"
  3. 28d ago · Zserghei · 2026-10-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → United Kingdom
    Collection → Bodleian Library
    Language of work or name → Latin
    Instance of → illuminated manuscript
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed labels, descriptions or aliases: Add the Russian label ru:Бестиарий (значения) uses, Ukrainian, Danish and Romanian ones translating the name, and descriptions after en:Ashm"
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