The Mark of the Beast

These essays analyze the medieval bestiary from both literary and art history perspectives, exploring issues including kinship, romance, sex, death, and the afterlife.

Debra Hassig Ph.D. is a Reader at the Institute of Advanced Studies in the Humanities at the University of Edinburgh

Acknowledgments , Introduction , Abbreviations , Figures A-k , Part 1.Social Realities , The Lion, Bloodline, and Kinship Margaret Haist , Misericord Owls and Medieval Anti-Semitism Mariko Miyzkazi , Part 2. Mortal Lessons , Bestiary Lessons on Pride and Lust Carmen Brown , Sex and the Bestiaries Debbra Hassig , The Phoenix and the Resurrection Valerie Jones , Part 3. Classical Inheritances , Did Imaginary Animals Exist Pamela Gravestock , Classical Ideology in the Medieval Bestiary J. Holli Wheatcroft , Part 4. Reading Beasts , Taboos and the Noly on Bodley 764 Alison Syme , Silences' Beasts Michelle Bolduc , Appendix: List of Bestiary and Physiologus Manuscripts , Contributors , Index of Creatures