Medieval bestiaries were less concerned with zoology than with theology. These illustrated encyclopedias gathered animals, both real and imaginaryì, and interpreted them as moral allegories. Lions, unicorns, and hybrid beasts became emblems of virtues and vices, teaching readers to read nature itself as a divine text. With their flat colors, patterned borders, and symbolic stylization, bestiaries created a world where knowledge, faith, and imagination converged. The work recalls the stylized outlines, ornate frames, and muted yet vibrant pigments of medieval bestiaries. Pepe appears as a hybrid beast, a comic metamorphosis that parodies allegory while still inhabiting the manuscript’s emblematic universe.