Animal stories illuminate Aberdeen Zoo.

The Beast of Aberdeen (University of Aberdeen) 1200 was published in Britain. This medieval manuscript was first recorded in the Royal Library of Westminster Palace in 1542, with detailed images of gold leaves and animal scenes. This book aims to illustrate moral beliefs through animal stories. Now, the University of Aberdeen has used high-resolution photography technology to enhance and digitize every page of this book, revealing features invisible to the naked eye.

Below are some pictures-rich pages.

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pelican

(Three scenes in this picture named Pelican shot by Aberdeen University show that the pelicans attack their parents, who in turn kill them. The University of Aberdeen said that the female pelican then pierced her body and made blood flow through the dead babies, who were later resurrected. According to the university, it may be because of the ruminant habit of birds that mothers came up with the idea of giving their babies water.

The translation part reveals the moral aspects of this manuscript: "So, three days later, it revived the young bird with blood, just as Christ saved us with his own blood." In the moral sense, we can understand not only people through pelicans, but anyone who is far away from physical desires.

Bat (University of Aberdeen) Bat Illustration "is a fairly accurate view of the ventral surface of the bat, and its wings are shown as thin films extending from three fingers to toes and tail. The stab marks are visible, indicating that a technique called "sliding" is used to transfer the image to other pages.

Tiger cub (University of Aberdeen) In this picture, a rider is being chased by a tiger after stealing a cub. To play a trick on the tiger, the knight dropped a glass ball. The tiger saw his reflection and thought it was his cub, so he stopped to touch the sphere. The University of Aberdeen pointed out that in the end, the tigress lost her cub and took revenge.

Glass ball (University of Aberdeen) The glass ball seems to have been tortured by dyed silver. There are stab marks on the image, indicating that it has been transferred to other papers. "Some animals have tiny pinholes," lead researcher Jane Gardis, an art historian at Aberdeen University, told Life Science magazine. Blank sheets will be placed under these holes and sprinkled with charcoal as a simple transfer method.

Animal Star (University of Aberdeen) Here, a decorative star appears among Aberdeen animals.

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Orderly bees (photo credit: University of Aberdeen) In this picture, three identical bees, each hive is enlarged by three rows of neatly arranged straw, which emphasizes their collective labor and order. Bees look like a combination of grenades and badminton. According to the University of Aberdeen, they should have a head, a chest, a belly and four wings.

The translation of this story is: "Bees and apes are called bees because they grasp things with their feet, or because they were born without feet (the Latin for" feet "is pes). Because then they grew feet and wings. They are good at making honey, occupying the space allocated to them, building their own homes with indescribable skills, and storing honey from various flowers.

Blind Mole (University of Aberdeen) This blind mole has no eyes, and the illustration shows the signs of impact when transmitting the image to another piece of paper.