MS 134 / en A Medieval Monster Mash: Fantastical Creatures in ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Library’s Manuscripts from the Twelfth to Fourteenth Centuries /medieval-monster-mash-fantastical-creatures-new-college-librarys-manuscripts-twelfth-fourteenth A Medieval Monster Mash: Fantastical Creatures in ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Library’s Manuscripts from the Twelfth to Fourteenth Centuries Jessica Hodgkinson Issue number (2024): 22 Notes category Library Manuscripts William de Brailes MS 322 MS 34 Boethius MS 264 MS 255 MS 116 MS 134 MS 174

Fantastical creatures and mythical monsters abound in medieval manuscripts. ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Library’s spectacular collection of manuscripts plays host to a wide variety of weird and wonderful beings. As we draw upon the field of ‘monster studies’, what can these fantastical creatures reveal about the people who made and used the volumes in which these creatures are found?

 

²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Library, Oxford, MS 34, f. 77r

 

²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Library and Archives, Oxford
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