Abbreviations
| Aberdeen Bestiary | Aberdeen, Aberdeen University Library 24 |
| Add. 11283 | London, British Library, Add. 11283 (bestiary) |
| Ashmole Bestiary | Oxford, Bodleian Library, Ashmole 1511 |
| BL | London, British Library |
| BnF | Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France |
| BnF fr. 1877 | Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, fr. 1877 (Fleur de vertu) |
| Bodley 764 | Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodley 764 (bestiary) |
| BT | Babylonian Talmud |
| Cambridge Bestiary | Cambridge, University Library Ii.4.26 |
| Douce 88 | Oxford, Bodleian Library, Douce 88 (bestiary) |
| Douce 195 | Oxford, Bodleian Library, Douce 195 (Roman de la rose) |
| Fitzwilliam 254 | Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum 254 (bestiary) |
| fr. 14969 | Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, fr. 14969 (Guillaume le Clerc, Bestiaire) |
| Harley 3244 | London, British Library, Harley 3244 (bestiary and other texts) |
| Harley 4751 | London, British Library, Harley 4751 (bestiary) |
| Isidore, Etym. | Isidore of Seville. Isidori Hispalensis episcopi Etymologiarum sive Originvm libri XX. 2 vols. Edited by W.M. Lindsay. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1911. |
| JT | Jerusalem Talmud |
| Laud Misc. 247 | Oxford, Bodleian Library, Laud Misc. 247 (bestiary) |
| Merton College 249 | Oxford, Merton College 249 (Philippe de Thaon, Bestiaire) |
| Morgan Bestiary | New York, Morgan Library & Museum, M.81 |
| Morgan Library | New York, Morgan Library & Museum |
| Northumberland Bestiary | Los Angeles, J. Paul Getty Museum, Ms. 100 |
| Peterborough Bestiary | Cambridge, Corpus Christi College 53 (psalter and bestiary) |
| PG | Migne, Jacques-Paul, ed. Patrologia Graeca [Patrologia Cursus Completus: Series Graeca]. 1857–1866. 161 vols. Paris: Migne, 1857–1904. |
| PL | Migne, Jacques-Paul, ed. Patrologia Latina [Patrologia Cursus Completus: Series Latina]. 217 vols. Paris: Migne, 1844–55. |
| Rochester Bestiary | London, British Library, Royal 12 F. xix |
| Roy. 12 C. xix | London, British Library, Royal 12 C. xix (bestiary) |
| St. Petersburg Bestiary | St. Petersburg, National Library of Russia, lat. Q.v.V,1 |
| Trinity College Bestiary | Cambridge, Trinity College Library R.14.9 |
| University Library Bestiary | Cambridge, University Library Kk.4.25 |
| Westminster Abbey Bestiary | London, Westminster Abbey Library 22 |