Evil Dead/Army of Darkness
‘London Rothschild Hours’ (‘Hours of Joanna I of Castile’), Ghent ca. 1500.
British Library, Add 35313, fol. 158v
the Elevation of the Cross with an acrobatic dog
book of hours, France 15th century.
San Marino CA, Huntington Library, HM 1180, fol. 35v
Lady Monkey spinning
‘The Maastricht Hours’, Liège 14th century.
British Library, Stowe 17, fol. 114r
doggy on the margin
‘The Maastricht Hours’, Liège 14th century.
British Library, Stowe 17, fol. 105r
the damned
‘London Rothschild Hours’ (‘Hours of Joanna I of Castile’), Ghent ca. 1500.
British Library, Add 35313, fol. 134v
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
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
flower bud blooms with a rabbit…
‘Grandes Heures de Jean de Berry’, Paris ca. 1407-1410.
BnF, Latin 919, fol. 120r
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
lustful friar
book of hours (the calendar page for December), Nantes(?) 15th century.
Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 33, fol. 12v
butter-churning monkey and the butter-licking cat
book of hours, France ca. 1475-1499.
Paris, Bibliotheque Mazarine, ms. 502, fol. 39r
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
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
placebo
book of hours, Savoy 1490.
Sarnen, Benediktinerkollegium, Cod. membr. 35, fol. 56r
voracious monkey puts a fish in the ass…
book of hours (‘The Maastricht Hours’), Liège 14th century.
British Library, Stowe 17, fol. 83v