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    full-service spa Livre de la Vigne nostre Seigneur, France ca. 1450-1470.
Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 134, fol. 87r

    full-service spa 

    Livre de la Vigne nostre Seigneur, France ca. 1450-1470.

    Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 134, fol. 87r

    — 2 months ago with 116 notes
    #devils  #satan  #hell  #15th century  #livre de la vigne  #medieval art  #Middle Ages  #History  #manuscript 
    April Fools’ Day :P Gorleston Psalter, England 14th century.
British Library, Additional 49622, fol. 123r

    April Fools’ Day :P 

    Gorleston Psalter, England 14th century.

    British Library, Additional 49622, fol. 123r

    — 2 months ago with 75 notes
    #fool  #grotesque  #margin  #history  #psalter  #14th century  #medieval manuscript  #middle ages 
    pack of devils
Livre de la Vigne nostre Seigneur, France ca. 1450-1470.
Bodleian, MS. Douce 134, fol. 99r

    pack of devils

    Livre de la Vigne nostre Seigneur, France ca. 1450-1470.

    Bodleian, MS. Douce 134, fol. 99r

    — 7 months ago with 60 notes
    #15th century  #Middle Ages  #demons  #devil  #devils  #hell  #illumination  #medieval art  #monsters  #manuscript 
    
breakdancing bear
Robert de Boron, L’Estoire de Merlin, Northern France ca. 1280-1290.
Paris, BNF, Fr. 95, fol. 152r

    breakdancing bear

    Robert de Boron, L’Estoire de Merlin, Northern France ca. 1280-1290.

    Paris, BNF, Fr. 95, fol. 152r

    — 10 months ago with 35 notes
    #13th century  #arthurian  #bear  #dancing  #manuscript  #medieval  #middle ages  #pipe  #drum  #tabor 
    Buona pulcella fut Eulalia/Bel auret corps!
Breviary of Martin of Aragon, Catalonia ca. 1398-1430.
BNF, Rothschild 2529, fol. 317r

    Buona pulcella fut Eulalia/Bel auret corps!

    Breviary of Martin of Aragon, Catalonia ca. 1398-1430.

    BNF, Rothschild 2529, fol. 317r

    — 10 months ago with 13 notes
    #14th century  #15th century  #breviary  #cross  #manuscript  #martyr  #martyrdom  #medieval  #middle ages  #naked  #virgin  #eulalia 
    elephant vs. unicorn
Queen Mary Psalter. London 1310-1320.
British Library, Royal 2 B VII, fol. 100v

    elephant vs. unicorn

    Queen Mary Psalter. London 1310-1320.

    British Library, Royal 2 B VII, fol. 100v

    — 10 months ago with 20 notes
    #psalter  #unicorn  #elephant  #animals  #14th century  #medieval  #manuscript  #Middle Ages 
    Burial of Mary of Egypt
the ‘Smithfield Decretals’ (Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria), Tolouse 13th/14th century.
BL, Royal 10 E IV, fol. 288r

    Burial of Mary of Egypt

    the ‘Smithfield Decretals’ (Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria), Tolouse 13th/14th century.

    BL, Royal 10 E IV, fol. 288r

    — 10 months ago with 13 notes
    #burial  #saint  #mary of egypt  #lion  #grave  #monk  #hermit  #13th century  #14th century  #medieval  #manuscript  #Middle Ages 
    INNOCENTS 
‘The Cloisters Apocalypse’, Normandy ca. 1330.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Cloisters, MS 68.174, fol. 2v

    INNOCENTS 

    ‘The Cloisters Apocalypse’, Normandy ca. 1330.

    New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Cloisters, MS 68.174, fol. 2v

    — 10 months ago with 6 notes
    #innocents  #king  #herod  #massacre  #sword  #apocalypse  #14th century  #medieval  #manuscript  #middle ages 
    How to scare a wyvern
Richard de Fournival, Bestiaire d’Amour, Lorraine 14th century.
Bodleian, MS. Douce 308, fol. 89v

    How to scare a wyvern

    Richard de Fournival, Bestiaire d’Amour, Lorraine 14th century.

    Bodleian, MS. Douce 308, fol. 89v

    — 10 months ago with 26 notes
    #wyvern  #bestiary  #naked  #nude  #dragon  #wivern  #14th century  #medieval  #manuscript  #Middle Ages 
    Μήδεια
Histoire ancienne jusq’à César, Naples 14th century.
BL, Royal 20 D I, fol. 37v

    Μήδεια

    Histoire ancienne jusq’à César, Naples 14th century.

    BL, Royal 20 D I, fol. 37v

    — 10 months ago with 25 notes
    #mythology  #medea  #14th century  #quartering  #dismemberment  #medieval  #manuscript  #Middle Ages 
    Eve emerging from Adam’s rib
Saint Ambrose, Hexaemeron, Germany 12th century.
Amiens, BM, ms. Lescalopier 30, fol. 10v

    Eve emerging from Adam’s rib

    Saint Ambrose, Hexaemeron, Germany 12th century.

    Amiens, BM, ms. Lescalopier 30, fol. 10v

    — 10 months ago with 21 notes
    #creation  #adam  #eve  #god  #animals  #genesis  #12th century  #medieval  #manuscript  #Middle Ages 
    “where’s my fuckin’ carrot, doc?”
Summer volume of the Breviary of Renaud/Marguerite de Bar, Metz ca. 1302-1305.
Verdun, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 107, fol. 96v

    “where’s my fuckin’ carrot, doc?”

    Summer volume of the Breviary of Renaud/Marguerite de Bar, Metz ca. 1302-1305.

    Verdun, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 107, fol. 96v

    — 10 months ago with 63 notes
    #rabbit  #hare  #violence  #fight  #slap  #hours  #14th century  #medieval  #manuscript  #Middle Ages 
    1man1pole
Bible, France 1200-1210
Avranches, BM, ms. 2, fol.127v

    1man1pole

    Bible, France 1200-1210

    Avranches, BM, ms. 2, fol.127v

    — 10 months ago with 13 notes
    #naked  #sex  #anal  #dildo  #masturbation  #ass  #bible  #grotesque  #13th century  #medieval  #manuscript  #Middle Ages 
    rabbits jousting
The Breviary of Renaud de Bar, Metz 1302-1303.
BL, Yates Thompson 8, fol. 294r

    rabbits jousting

    The Breviary of Renaud de Bar, Metz 1302-1303.

    BL, Yates Thompson 8, fol. 294r

    — 11 months ago with 68 notes
    #rabbit  #dog  #hybrid  #fight  #duel  #jousting  #snail  #heraldry  #14th century  #medieval  #manuscript  #Middle Ages 
    sacra conversazione
Biblia porta, France 13th century.
Bibliothèque Cantonale et Universitaire de Lausanne, U 964, fol. 187v

    sacra conversazione

    Biblia porta, France 13th century.

    Bibliothèque Cantonale et Universitaire de Lausanne, U 964, fol. 187v

    — 11 months ago with 28 notes
    #devil  #satan  #Christ  #Jesus  #demon  #temptation  #bible  #13th century  #medieval  #manuscript  #middle ages