[[Image:AberdeenBestiaryFol56rPhoenix.jpg|thumb|180px|Folio 56r of the Aberdeen Bestiary has a miniature of the [[Phoenix (mythology)|Phoenix]].]]

The '''''Aberdeen Bestiary''''' ([[Aberdeen University]] Library MS 24) is a [[12th century]] [[bestiary]] that was first listed in [[1542]] in the inventory of the [[Old Royal Library]] at the [[Palace of Westminster]].

Information about its origins and patron are circumstantial. It probably comes from the [[12th century]] and was owned by an ecclesiastical patron of the north or south province. The Aberdeen Bestiary is related to other bestiaries of the [[Middle Ages]] and especially the [[Ashmole Bestiary]]. Some even argue that the Aberdeen Bestiary might be the older of the two.

==See also==
*''[[Physiologus]]''

== External links ==
{{commonscat|Aberdeen Bestiary}}
* [http://www.abdn.ac.uk:/bestiary Online version of the bestiary]

[[Category:Bestiaries]]
[[Category:University of Aberdeen]]
[[Category:12th century books]]
[[Category:Biology books]]

[[fr:Bestiaire d'Aberdeen]]
[[he:ספר החיות של אברדין]]

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