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  2. Bestiary - Wikipedia

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    "The Leopard" from the 13th-century bestiary known as the "Rochester Bestiary" The Peridexion Tree A bestiary ( Latin : bestiarium vocabulum ) is a compendium of beasts. Originating in the ancient world , bestiaries were made popular in the Middle Ages in illustrated volumes that described various animals and even rocks.

  3. Rochester Bestiary - Wikipedia

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    Detail of a miniature of elephants, which were known to have been ridden into battle in India carrying castles on their backs; folio 11v. [1]The Rochester Bestiary (London, British Library, Royal MS 12 F.xiii) is a richly illuminated manuscript copy of a medieval bestiary, a book describing the appearance and habits of a large number of familiar and exotic animals, both real and legendary.

  4. List of medieval bestiaries - Wikipedia

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    The "H" versions, [1] late 13th-century, which in addition to a base Physiologus text, adds and arranges the content according to the "H" text or Book II of De bestiis et aliis rebus of Hugues de Fouilloy (olim of Pseudo-Hugo de St. Victor). [2] [3] Cambridge, Sidney Sussex College 100; Chalon-sur-Saône, Bibliothèque Municipale MS 14

  5. Lists of fictional animals - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of lists of notable fictional animals. Lists by biological category. Lists of fictional invertebrates;

  6. Biology in fiction - Wikipedia

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    Boris Karloff in James Whale's 1931 film Frankenstein, based on Mary Shelley's 1818 novel.The monster is created by an unorthodox biology experiment.. Biology appears in fiction, especially but not only in science fiction, both in the shape of real aspects of the science, used as themes or plot devices, and in the form of fictional elements, whether fictional extensions or applications of ...

  7. Timeline of science fiction - Wikipedia

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    This is a timeline of science fiction as a literary tradition. While the date of the start of science fiction is debated, this list includes a range of ancient, medieval, and Renaissance-era precursors and proto-science fiction as well, as long as these examples include typical science fiction themes and topoi such as travel to outer space and encounter with alien life-forms.

  8. List of organisms named after works of fiction - Wikipedia

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    "The species is named after the fictional deity Dagon (also known as Father Dagon), created by the American writer of horror fiction H.P. Lovecraft (1890–1937) and firstly introduced in the short story "Dagon," published in 1919. In the pantheon of Lovecraftian cosmic entities, Dagon presides over the Deep Ones, an amphibious humanoid race ...

  9. History of science fiction - Wikipedia

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    Several stories within the One Thousand and One Nights (Arabian Nights, 8th–10th centuries CE) also feature science fiction elements.One example is "The Adventures of Bulukiya", where the protagonist Bulukiya's quest for the herb of immortality leads him to explore the seas, journey to the Garden of Eden and to Jahannam (Islamic hell), and travel across the cosmos to different worlds much ...