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The Aberdeen Bestiary (Aberdeen University Library, Univ Lib. MS 24) is an early 13th-century English illuminated manuscript bestiary that was first listed the inventory of the Old Royal Library at the Palace of Westminster in 1542.[1] Due to similarities, it is often considered to be the "sister" manuscript of the Ashmole Bestiary.[1] The stylistic connection between the Greek didactic text Physiologus and similar bestiary manuscripts is also often noted.[2] Information about the manuscripts origins and patrons are circumstantial[2] although the manuscript most likely originated from the 13th century and was owned by a wealthy ecclesiastical patron from north or south England. Currently the Aberdeen Bestiary resides in the Aberdeen Library in Scotland.[3]