ACKNOWLEDGMENTS . . V
PREFACE . . VII
INDEX SIGLORUM . .XI
ABBREVIATIONS . . XII
BIBLIOGRAPHY . . XIII
SOURCES AND TITLES IN THE NOTES . . XXII

INTRODUCTION . . 1
I. The Bestiary . . 1
Bestiary Sources . . 4
Bestiary Families and the 'Transitional" Manuscripts . . 13
The Manuscripts L, M, and R . . 16
II. The Northumberland Bestiary . . 18
Provenance . . 20
Codicology . . 24
Contents . . 26
Miniatures . . 41
Notes on the Text and Translation . . 44

EDITION AND TRANSLATION . . 49
I. Creation of the World . . 51
II. Naming the Animals . . 59
III. Birds . . 61
IV. Sermon . . 65
V. The Book of Beasts . . 73
VI. On Birds . . 171
VII. On Fish . . 223
VIII. On Water . . 249
IX. On Serpents . . 265
X. On Worms . . 295
XI. On the Nature of Man . . 305
XII. On the Parts of the Body . . 311
XIII. On the Ages of Man . . 335
XIV. On Trees . . 355

APPENDICES .  377
Appendix 1 : Chapters missing from N . . 377
Appendix 2 : Final Sermon in M and R . . 384
Appendix 3 : Subjects of the Miniatures . . 389