The problem of the Transitional Family of bestiaries
Ilya Dines
It is already almost 100 years since Montague Rhodes James divided all bestiary manuscripts that were known to him into groups or families. Since then, his scheme has undergone several revisions, and the table established through modifications of McCulloch Yapp shows five families manuscripts, BIs , Transitional Second Third Fourth . The present article will treat in detail so-called Family which includes six late twelfth- thirteenth-century undoubtedly most puzzling Not only structure family, but also its proper placement above mentioned been subject debate. My analysis textual sources each chapter that, contrary arguments earlier scholars, it was bestiary, together with H-type main components used composition rather than (as name implies) having basis Moreover, I argue classifications, do not represent a homogeneous group, form four distinct subfamilies.
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