Aberdeen Bestiary - Creation

Creation

  • Folio 1 (i.e., leaf) recto: Creation of heaven and earth (Genesis, 1: 1-5).
  • Folio 1 verso: Creation of the waters and the firmament (Genesis, 1: 6-8).
  • Folio 2 recto : Creation of the birds and fishes (Genesis, 1: 20-23).
  • Folio 2 verso : Creation of the animals (Genesis, 1: 24-25).
  • Folio 3 recto : Creation of man (Genesis, 1: 26-28, 31; 2: 1-2).
  • Folio 5 recto : Adam names the animals (Isidore of Seville, Etymologiae, Book XII, i, 1-2).
  • Folio 5 verso : Animal (Animal) (Isidore of Seville, Etymologiae, Book XII, i, 3)
  • Folio 5 verso : Quadruped (Quadrupes) (Isidore of Seville, Etymologiae, Book XII, i, 4)
  • Folio 5 verso : Livestock (Pecus) (Isidore of Seville, Etymologiae, Book XII, i, 5-6)
  • Folio 5 verso : Beast of burden (Iumentum) (Isidore of Seville, Etymologiae, Book XII, i, 7)
  • Folio 5 verso : Herd (Armentum) (Isidore of Seville, Etymologiae, Book XII, i, 8)

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