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by Pauline Baynes (Author) "In the Middle Ages people believed implicitly in the written word ..." (more)
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  • Hardcover: 48 pages
  • Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books (1 Aug 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1845074742
  • ISBN-13: 978-1845074746
  • Product Dimensions: 21.4 x 17.2 x 1.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 480,708 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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The illustrator, known for her Narnia illustrations, has drawn the details from an impressive array of early bestiaries, listed at the back. Her text is entertaining and sometimes astonishing and, of course, beautifully illustrated. (Carousel )


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"Bestiaries" - small illustrated books on all the creatures thought to exist in the world - are perhaps the most entertaining literature to have come down to us from the Middle Ages. They included detailed descriptions of the characteristics and habits of animals, fish, birds, insects and mythological creatures, many of the 'facts' unproven, inaccurate and bizarre. Now the legendary illustrator, Pauline Baynes, has spun together a gloriously amusing text and delightful illustrations "with some liberty" from various bestiaries in England, adding a fascinating introduction to give the full, fabulous flavour of these mediaeval gems of misbelief.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The exquisite genius of Pauline Baynes, 23 Aug 2006
Pauline Baynes is surely the foremost luminary of the English tradition of book illustration in our time and this book amply confirms her exquisite genius and gift for fresh, fluent and wholly beguiling imagery; ever since my childhood her work has been a continual inspiration, her line and forms are just beautiful, her colour sense subtle, vivid and remarkable and there's an indefinable quality which informs all of her work which is quite unique. I think J.R.R Tolkien put it best when he said that P. Baynes' work is unusual in that for all the magical and imaginative wonders she so ably portrays there's a very crisp-edged clarity about it, her work is never nebulous or indeterminate. Synthesizing influences from the best of English illustrative tradition, with the luminous wonders of Anglo-Saxon, Medieval and Persian manuscript illumination her illustrative oeuvre is truly part of our cultural heritage - this Bestiary witness to the graphic mastery of Pauline Baynes who is producing superb work charged with spiritual vitality, humour and profound imaginal richness which any aspiring illustrator should look to for inspiration. Genuinely brilliant stuff.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Love on first sight, 18 Mar 2009
For a lover of "the most gloriously entertaining books to have come from the Middel Ages" (the Bestiaries, of course) this book is a must-have. The drawings are truly fantastic, the accompanying stories very well told and the whole book is hugely enjoyable.
Don't question these creatures, simply enjoy them. One of my favorite children's books!
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