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Tibia is a multiplayer online role-playing game released in 1997, [1] developed and published by CipSoft. It is one of the earliest and longest-running MMORPGs, reaching its peak popularity in 2007. It is one of the earliest and longest-running MMORPGs, reaching its peak popularity in 2007.
Detail of folio 8 recto from the Aberdeen Bestiary, the tiger. The works in this group are based principally on Isidore's Etymologiæ with significant additional material from Solinus, Saint Ambrose's Hexameron, [5] [6] Rabanus Maurus and others: [7] Aberdeen Bestiary (Aberdeen University Library MS 24) Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale 8340
Biology portal; This category is for Bestiaries, compendiums of beasts. Originating in the ancient world, bestiaries were made popular in the Middle Ages in illustrated volumes that described various animals and even rocks.
Bonnacon in the Rochester Bestiary. The bonnacon (also called bonasus or bonacho) (Ancient Greek: βόνασος or βόνασσος) [1] [2] is a legendary creature described as a bull with inward-curving horns and a horse-like mane. Medieval bestiaries usually depict its fur as reddish-brown or black. [3]
A bestiary (Latin: bestiarium vocabulum) is a compendium of beasts. Originating in the ancient world , bestiaries were made popular in the Middle Ages in illustrated volumes that described various animals and even rocks.
A hyena as depicted in a medieval bestiary. Werehyena is a neologism coined in analogy to werewolf for therianthropy involving hyenas. It is common in the folklore of the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant, North Africa, the Horn of Africa, and the Near East as well as some adjacent territories. Unlike werewolves and other therianthropes, which are ...
Detail of a miniature of elephants, which were known to have been ridden into battle in India carrying castles on their backs; folio 11v. [1]The Rochester Bestiary (London, British Library, Royal MS 12 F.xiii) is a richly illuminated manuscript copy of a medieval bestiary, a book describing the appearance and habits of a large number of familiar and exotic animals, both real and legendary.
Hero System Bestiary cover. Hero System Bestiary is a compilation of creatures designed for use with Hero System role-playing game rules. [1] It is presented in the form of a bestiary and was published in 2002 for the 5th edition of the Hero System. The cover is made of thick paper and illustrated in color, while the interior consists of 239 ...