Chameleon

The chamelion is rarely included or illustrated in the bestiary. The text says Camelion non habet unum colorem... (chamelion has not one color...). The artist did not know what a chamelion was, so drew a multi-colored horse with a camel's head. The text uses the Latin name camelion (suggesting camel - lion) to compare this animal to the camel, pard and lion. The owl at the upper left is not part of the camelion story and is probably decorative.

Bodleian Digital Library (Digital Bodleian)

Manuscript

Bodleian Library, MS. Bodley 764, folio 27r