Editorial Comments

It is not part of the project to provide a definitive edition of the text of the Bestiary, but to help readers by providing a transcription and translation
of the text. Currently the following editorial conventions obtain:

Text

1.The original capitalisation is retained, but capitals have been added for personal and place names, excluding deus and diabolus.
2.The original punctuation, including a point and inverted semi-colon (both serving as commas), and a point (serving as a full stop), is
represented by comma, full stop and question-mark; a colon has been inserted before quotations.
3.Suggested readings are in [ ].
4.Variants from other Bestiary texts (eg Ashmole 1511 and Patrologia Latina 176) are added where they indicate a corruption, elucidate a
meaning and replace excised text. They are represented as [A: PL:]

Translation

1.Direct quotations from the Bible, where identified, are cited from the Authorised Version in ( ).
2.Paraphrased quotations are identified where possible and indicated as: (see Job, 18:22).
3.Suggested translations of corrupt words are in [ ].
4.Capitalisation is sparing; additional punctuation has been used where necessary to give the sense. Paragraphs have been created to break up
the text