medieval manuscripts Archives

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Ultima thule is Latin and has been used over to the centuries to refer to an area of the world that is the most distant and inaccessible.

Bestiaries were manuscripts cataloging all of the natural and supernatural animals believed to interact with the earthly world.

Music was an important aspect of Medieval life.

Find examples from medieval manuscripts for a variety of animals.

A gallery of bats from medieval manuscripts.