Images like these have been very popular on the internet recently, with this listicle from The Poke giving some great examples of the genre, as well as the great Sexy Codicology website, and a lot …
UK-based blogger Daniel Holland put together a Twitter thread of drawings of animals dating back to the Middle Ages that are as hilarious in their inaccuracies as they are bizarre.
The Hours of Charles of Angoulême was commissioned c. 1485 by the Count of Angoulême, and is undeniably Robinet Testard’s most personal work. Around the same time (c. 1500), in England, the illuminator Jean Poyer finished his masterpiece, The Hours of Henry VIII.
Illustrations from Marvels of Things Created and Miraculous Aspects of Things Existing ( Ajā’ib al-makhlūqāt wa-gharā’ib al-mawjūdāt - كتا...
UK-based blogger Daniel Holland put together a Twitter thread of drawings of animals dating back to the Middle Ages that are as hilarious in their inaccuracies as they are bizarre.
We’ve posted many times about the weird marginal illustrations in medieval manuscripts. You might have noticed over time that rabbits are a commonly-recurring theme. Sure, the monks that drew them probably saw rabbits often, but the ones in the fields never murdered anyone.There are a great many strange things that can be seen in medieval illuminated manuscripts: weird human-animal hybrids, distorted monsters and odd scenes. These largely come under the category of ‘Drolleries’ or &lsqu...
Detail of marginal grotesques of (below) monkeys blowing horns and (above) a winged man with animal legs playing a harp; from the Maastricht Hours, Netherlands (Liège), 1st quarter of the 14th century, Stowe MS 17, f. 61v. It is a truism, although one that never ceases to surprise, that medieval...
It’s Xmas time! Christmas songs and carols everywhere! In this newest instalment of The Adventures of Medieval Killer Bunny we are going to look at what the medieval bunnies are planning for…
They're playing drums, horns, and even stringed instruments!
Medieval Abecedarium - C @GallicaBnF, Fr. 1173, 15th c.
Why were the artists of that era so obsessed with depicting murderous rabbits? See the examples and read the explanation in this eye-opening post!
Why were the artists of that era so obsessed with depicting murderous rabbits? See the examples and read the explanation in this eye-opening post!
Medieval Paintings Were Filled With Cats Licking Their Own Butts - World's largest collection of cat memes and other animals
Discovering the prolonged effect of Arabic calligraphy on different forms of art worldwide
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UK-based blogger Daniel Holland put together a Twitter thread of drawings of animals dating back to the Middle Ages that are as hilarious in their inaccuracies as they are bizarre.
In all the kingdom of nature, does any creature threaten us less than the gentle rabbit?
Discover the most magical places to visit in Scotland, from the iconic Kelpies in Falkirk to the fairytale Craigievar Castle in Aberdeenshire.
Medieval people lived in a time when superstition was fact, and unbelievable things were easily accepted. Nowadays, it’s hard to get such animals as the adorable beaver and the ever-loyal dog wrong, but back then fabulous tales were considered nonfiction. To be fair, they couldn't exactly hop on a computer and verify what they’d heard.
Kitab Aja'ib al-makhluqat wa Gharaib al-Mawjudat literally "The Wonders of Creation and the Curiosities of Existence", or Marvels of ...
Pretty medieval manuscript of the day is Noah and his ark, and all the animals. It is another glorious illumination from the Bedford Hours.* I love this illustration. It is so rich with detail, and so...
Manuscript title: Jean Thenaud, Introduction to the Kabbalah, dedicated to King Francis I Manuscript summary: This parchment manuscript contains the mystic text of the Kabbala in cursive script, illustrated with numerous highly colorful drawings with allegorical, cosmological, and liturgical themes. Origin: Geneva (Switzerland) Period: 16th century Image source: Genève, Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 167: Jean Thenaud, Introduction to the Kabbalah, dedicated to King Francis I (www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/bge/fr0167).
Wolfish tales were taken village to village by hawkers stomping through the muddy Normandy lanes embellishing as they went, and retold at markets & fairs
Some of the earliest examples of calligrams found in a 9th-century astronomical manuscript on the constellations.
