The Liber Monstrorum
- Date of account
- Late 7th–early 8th century
- Location
- Anglo-Saxon England or adjacent Latin literary milieu
- Source
- model_recalled_reference
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
Liber monstrorum is an early medieval Latin catalogue of monsters, peoples, animals, and marvels, surviving in manuscripts and drawing on biblical, classical, and vernacular traditions. Its entries include human-animal hybrids and extraordinary beings that later researchers may mistake for cryptid descriptions. The text matters as evidence for classification, compilation, and transmission of marvel lore in the early Middle Ages. Its authorship, date, and exact place of composition are debated, and many notices are inherited literary material rather than observations. A critical edition is essential for distinguishing textual layers.
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