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    Evil Dead/Army of Darkness 
‘London Rothschild Hours’ (‘Hours of Joanna I of Castile’), Ghent ca. 1500.
British Library, Add 35313, fol. 158v

    Evil Dead/Army of Darkness 

    ‘London Rothschild Hours’ (‘Hours of Joanna I of Castile’), Ghent ca. 1500.

    British Library, Add 35313, fol. 158v

    — 1 month ago with 69 notes
    #death  #zombies  #memento mori  #hunting  #hours  #15th century  #medieval art  #manuscript  #History 
    the Elevation of the Cross with an acrobatic dogbook of hours, France 15th century.
San Marino CA, Huntington Library, HM 1180, fol. 35v

    the Elevation of the Cross with an acrobatic dog

    book of hours, France 15th century.

    San Marino CA, Huntington Library, HM 1180, fol. 35v

    — 1 month ago with 13 notes
    #crucifixion  #dog  #passion  #Jesus Christ  #history  #medieval art  #Hours  #15th century  #manuscript 
    Lady Monkey spinning‘The Maastricht Hours’, Liège 14th century.
British Library, Stowe 17, fol. 114r

    Lady Monkey spinning

    ‘The Maastricht Hours’, Liège 14th century.

    British Library, Stowe 17, fol. 114r

    — 1 month ago with 16 notes
    #monkey  #ape  #sinning  #hours  #14th century  #marginalia  #medieval  #manuscript  #History 
    doggy on the margin
‘The Maastricht Hours’, Liège 14th century.
British Library, Stowe 17, fol. 105r

    doggy on the margin

    ‘The Maastricht Hours’, Liège 14th century.

    British Library, Stowe 17, fol. 105r

    — 1 month ago with 41 notes
    #dog  #doggy  #puppy  #medieval art  #marginalia  #hours  #14th century  #manuscript  #history  #bestiary 
    the damned‘London Rothschild Hours’ (‘Hours of Joanna I of Castile’), Ghent ca. 1500.
British Library, Add 35313, fol. 134v

    the damned

    ‘London Rothschild Hours’ (‘Hours of Joanna I of Castile’), Ghent ca. 1500.

    British Library, Add 35313, fol. 134v

    — 2 months ago with 142 notes
    #hell  #damned  #last judgement  #hours  #naked  #History  #medieval art  #gothic  #manuscript  #15th century 
    a bit blasphemous cuteness overload Virgin Mary breastfeeding the baby Jesus - monkey giving a bowl of milk to a baby kitteh
see also: cuteness overload 1475-2011
and a baby kitteh feeding
‘Trivulzio Book of Hours’, Flanders ca. 1470.
Den Haag, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, SMC 1, fol. 110v

    a bit blasphemous cuteness overload 
    Virgin Mary breastfeeding the baby Jesus - monkey giving a bowl of milk to a baby kitteh

    see also: cuteness overload 1475-2011

    and a baby kitteh feeding


    ‘Trivulzio Book of Hours’, Flanders ca. 1470.

    Den Haag, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, SMC 1, fol. 110v

    — 2 months ago with 27 notes
    #cat  #lolcat  #kitteh  #medieval cat  #history  #cute  #monkey  #ape  #virgin mary  #jesus  #angles  #music  #medieval music  #medieval art  #15th century  #hours  #manuscript 
    Saint Mark writing the Gospel (the most important detail)‘London Rothschild Hours’ (‘Hours of Joanna I of Castile’), Ghent ca. 1500.
British Library, Add 35313, fol. 16v

    Saint Mark writing the Gospel (the most important detail)

    ‘London Rothschild Hours’ (‘Hours of Joanna I of Castile’), Ghent ca. 1500.

    British Library, Add 35313, fol. 16v

    — 2 months ago with 36 notes
    #hours  #gospel  #history  #cat  #lolcat  #medieval cat  #15th century  #medieval art  #manuscript 
    flower bud blooms with a rabbit…
‘Grandes Heures de Jean de Berry’, Paris ca. 1407-1410.
BnF,  Latin 919, fol. 120r

    flower bud blooms with a rabbit…

    ‘Grandes Heures de Jean de Berry’, Paris ca. 1407-1410.

    BnF,  Latin 919, fol. 120r

    — 2 months ago with 104 notes
    #vintage  #history  #rabbit  #manuscript  #medieval art  #marginalia  #15th century  #gothic  #hours 
    lady with the well-groomed unicorn and the monkey squire
‘Hours of Engelbert of Nassau’, Flanders ca. 1470-1490.
Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 219, fol. 96v

    lady with the well-groomed unicorn and the monkey squire

    ‘Hours of Engelbert of Nassau’, Flanders ca. 1470-1490.

    Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 219, fol. 96v

    — 2 months ago with 334 notes
    #unicorn  #monkey  #tournament  #15th century  #hours  #medieval art  #marginalia  #manuscript 
    lustful friar
book of hours (the calendar page for December), Nantes(?) 15th century.
Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 33, fol. 12v

    lustful friar

    book of hours (the calendar page for December), Nantes(?) 15th century.

    Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 33, fol. 12v

    — 2 months ago with 15 notes
    #sex  #monk  #Hours  #15th century  #medieval sexuality  #marginalia  #manuscript 
    butter-churning monkey and the butter-licking catbook of hours, France ca. 1475-1499.
Paris, Bibliotheque Mazarine, ms. 502, fol. 39r

    butter-churning monkey and the butter-licking cat

    book of hours, France ca. 1475-1499.

    Paris, Bibliotheque Mazarine, ms. 502, fol. 39r

    — 2 months ago with 23 notes
    #cat  #lolcat  #butter  #monkey  #ape  #15th century  #Hours  #marginalia 
    hudy-gurdy cat 2
see also: much cuter hurdy-gurdy cat
book of hours, France 15th century.
New York Public Library, MA 47, fol. 29r

    hudy-gurdy cat 2

    see also: much cuter hurdy-gurdy cat

    book of hours, France 15th century.

    New York Public Library, MA 47, fol. 29r

    — 2 months ago with 29 notes
    #cat  #lolcat  #hurdy-gurdy  #Hours  #15th century  #medieval cat  #medieval art  #manuscript 
    marginal kitteh licking itself(on the left: John 6:54 ‘Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.’)
see also: apocalyptic kitteh
Hours of Charlotte of Savoy, Paris ca. 1420-1425.
NY, Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.1004, fol. 172r

    marginal kitteh licking itself

    (on the left: John 6:54 ‘Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.’)

    see also: apocalyptic kitteh


    Hours of Charlotte of Savoy, Paris ca. 1420-1425.

    NY, Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.1004, fol. 172r

    — 3 months ago with 310 notes
    #cat  #lolcat  #medieval cat  #hours  #15th century  #medieval art  #medieval manuscript 
    placebo
book of hours, Savoy 1490.
Sarnen, Benediktinerkollegium, Cod. membr. 35, fol. 56r

    placebo

    book of hours, Savoy 1490.

    Sarnen, Benediktinerkollegium, Cod. membr. 35, fol. 56r

    — 3 months ago with 91 notes
    #death  #cadaver  #hours  #15th century  #medieval art  #manuscript 
    voracious monkey puts a fish in the ass…
book of hours (‘The Maastricht Hours’), Liège 14th century.
British Library, Stowe 17, fol. 83v

    voracious monkey puts a fish in the ass…

    book of hours (‘The Maastricht Hours’), Liège 14th century.

    British Library, Stowe 17, fol. 83v

    — 3 months ago with 33 notes
    #monkey  #ass  #grotesque  #ape  #fish  #margin  #14th century  #hours  #medieval manuscript