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Medieval bestiaries contained anywhere from a few dozen to more than a hundred descriptions of animals, each accompanied by an iconic image. Some descriptions explained a creature’s Christian significance, such as the unicorn as a symbol for Christ, while others focused on physical characteristics.
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Animals, both real and fantastic, occupied an important place in medieval art and thought. Artists readily employed animal motifs, along with foliate designs, as part of their decorative vocabulary. Early medieval jewelry, for instance, abounds with animal forms elongated and twisted into intricate patterns (1992.59.1).
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recognize and interpret the use of animals as symbols in medieval art; synthesize the features of several animals into a composite creature with special powers drawn from its attributes; and communicate the special qualities of their figure through writing.
Medieval art reflects many activities involving animals, including depictions of farming and hunting. This page from an illustrated prayer book calendar shows heavy workhorses tilling the soil, straining against their harnesses as they pull a heavy plow.
a medieval art form in which animals are depicted in a stylized and often complicated pattern, usually seen fighting with one another
