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It took a while, but Medieval Military Medicine by Brian Burfield has arrived! Super excited about this book to enhance the Medieval Science unit of my AP World History class!
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Another method for fixing an error in a medieval manuscript - This scribe employed the figure of a man using a rope to pull along the accidentally omitted portion of the text - 1st half of the 15th century, British Library, Arundel 38, f. 65r
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The arms of an octopus used by a reader/owner of this manuscript to mark parts they thought were important or of interest
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Time to return to ‘elephants done by medieval artists who had never seen one’, this one with a fabulous fringe - British Library, Harley 4996, f. 25v
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A manic wave from the margins - Doodle from an early 12th century manuscript, Paris, Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, Ms. 95, f. 6r
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When you really need to point out where the best bit of the text is - mid-15th century, Avignon, Bibliothèque Ceccano - 1094, f. 195v
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When you don’t quite agree with what’s been written - Glasgow, University Library, MS Hunter 369, f. 5r
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Medieval Dog Spa- Services included: wash & dry, dental inspection, manicure, massage and collar adjustment - from Livre de la chasse, mid to late 14th century, Morgan Library and Museum, MS M.1044, f. 31v
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An absolutely astonishing ‘elephant done by a medieval artist that had never seen one’ - 15th century, Neustift/Novacella, Augustiner-Chorherrenstift, Cod. 166, f. 27r
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‘The Super Extender’, for when you just have to make your point — University of Cambridge, Gonville and Caius College, MS 609/340, fol. 5v
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Worthy of the weekend - An exceptional example from the world of ‘Elephants Done by Medieval Artists Who Had Never Seen One’ - 15th century, France, Paris, Bibliothèque de l’Arsenal, Ms-2888, f. 180
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It does seem rather unlikely that this medieval artist had ever seen an elephant in the flesh. Early 14th century, The Maastricht Hours, British Library, Stowe MS 17, f. 36r
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Another fine example of a scribe’s error being corrected. Here the words are being pulled down by one man towards another who waits between the fourth and fifth lines to receive them - c. 1300, English Book of Hours, Walters Ms. W.102, f. 39v
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Good knight from the margins - 12th century, Cambridge, Sidney Sussex College - 101, fol. 97v
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Bonus Thursday ‘elephant done by a medieval artist that had never seen one’ - 15th century, Ghent, JPGM, Ms. Ludwig XIII 5, vol. 1, f. 55
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Walking your cow in the margins - Doodle in the margins of a 14th century manuscript, University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, LJS 361, f. 26r
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There have been a number of posts showing friendly looking rabbits over the past few days. They’re not all like that though. Do keep an eye out for those with weapons and a thousand yard stare - Early 14th century Breviary, British Library, Yates Thompson MS 8, 304r
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Time for a hot drink in the margins - Doodle in 12th century manuscript, Cambridge, Sidney Sussex College, 101, f. 95v
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Just in time for Easter, the spectacular Rabbit Fish - early 14th century, British Library, Add. MS 11390, f. 59r
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Time for another bizarre entry from the world of ‘Elephants Done by Medieval Artists Who Had Never Seen One’ - 2nd half of the 15th century, from, Mirror of Human Salvation (Speculum Humanae Salvationis), Lyon BM ms. 0245, f. 144
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No tusks, moon-crater ears and lovely hooves must mean it’s an ‘elephant done by a medieval artist that had never seen one’ - 1st half of the 15th century, Madrid, Biblioteca Nacional de España, Vitr. 25-7 (olim B. 19), f. 24r
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Not the usual sort of medieval elephant for a Friday. It looks like this artist may well have seen one 🐘 Hard to resist the wonderfully angry, cartoon nature of the little guy - 1320’s, British Library, Add. 47680, f. 6r
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Seeing out the weekend with ‘a couple of elephants done by a medieval artist who had never seen one’ - 14th century, BSB Clm 6908, f. 79v
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Another bonus Thursday ‘elephant done by a medieval artist that had never seen one’ - 15th century, BnF, Latin 9586, f. 26r
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So distracting - You’re trying to read and someone is looking over your shoulder while nibbling your ear - late 13th century, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, MS 229 (Lancelot Prose Cycle), f. 133v
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An elaborate hand with long, bendy fingers done by a reader/owner of this manuscript to mark parts they thought were important or of interest - 2nd half of the 14th century, Bancroft Library, BANC MS UCB 085
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“I don’t care if there’s a battle today!! Put you’re jacket on! It’s freezing out here, you’ll catch your death!” c. 1460, Cologny, Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 49, f. 27v
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The Sherborne Missal, a book of church services produced between 1399-1407, contains 694 elaborately decorated pages and weighs an astounding 20kg (44lbs) -
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Painted wood panel with an ‘elephant done by a medieval artist that had never seen one’ - c. 1400, Spain, paint on wood, part of the ceiling of a house, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
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“Puppies Dave?!? Our banner is puppies?? Cohort 6 has got a bull’s head on their banner, 4 is using two crossed spears. What have we got? Puppies! Dog gone it, Dave!! We’ll be a laughing stock on the battlefield!!” - 15th century Swiss manuscript
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When you’ve got a couple of points to make - 14th century, BnF Latin MS 4935, f. 19v
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Time for another angry, hairy, pointy eared elephant done by a medieval artist who has never seen one - 1st half of the 14th century, Italian Herbal, British Library, Sloane MS 4016, f. 50r
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An fabulous family of ‘elephants done by a medieval artist that had never seen one’ - 13th century, Rein Abbey, Reiner Musterbuch, ÖNB, Cod. 507, f. 3v
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Bonus Thursday ‘elephant done by a medieval artist that had never seen one’ - mid-1400s, Bodleian Library MS. Douce 204, f. 24v
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Creeping stealthily into another week - 15th century, Det Kongelige Bibliotek, MS Thott.290.2º, f. 23v
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Slyly strumming in the margins - Early 16th century doodle in a c. 1483 printed book, Wellcome Collection, Wellcome Incunabula 2.b.23
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Looking rather unimpressed by how it has been drawn is this ‘elephant done by a medieval artist that had never seen one’ - last quarter of the 15th century (GW M43012). Augsburg (Sorg), f. 55r
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The poor monk who copied this page accidentally left out 18 verses and mixed up the words in others. Since the other side was already done, all he could do was cross this side out and try it again on the facing page - 13th century, Abbey Bible, J.P. Getty Museum, Ms. 107, f.96v
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15th century leather diving suit with heavy helmet worn underneath, plus glass lenses and an air hose possibly supplied by bellows on land. From the text ‘Bellifortis’ by the military engineer Konrad Keyser - 15th century, Det Kongelige Bibliotek, Ms.Thott.290.2º f. 44r
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The vintage 70’s look…the 770’s that is - late 8th century, BnF Latin 12048, f. 9v
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In a time before Tipp-Ex and ‘cut and paste’, scribes had few ways to correct their mistakes and omissions. This page shows a scribe pointing to the place where his omission (bottom of the page) should go - 1300, leaf from a Book of Hours, Walters Art Museum, W.103. 33v
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No wonder it looks so down, it’s an ‘elephant done by a medieval artist that had never seen one’ - 13th century, Cambridge, Trinity College Library O.2.14, f. 60r
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Struggles with medieval contact lenses - 2nd half of the 13th century, British Library, Add. 28681, f. 40r
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A 2015 experiment recreated a salve used to treat eye infections from the C10th Bald’s Leechbook. Ingredients like those available in C10th England were carefully sourced. When tested it was discovered that the salve was strong enough to kill the modern MRSA superbug.
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Barbed weapons were a menace on medieval battlefields. Surgeons used small bronze tubes or the hollow portion of a goose’s feather, pushing them into the wound to cover the barbs. The weapon could then be extracted more smoothly, without causing more damage.
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A rather angry ‘elephant done by a medieval artist that had never seen one’ - 14th century, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek - Clm 3003, fol. 23v
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In the absence of chemical pesticides, a medieval pest control engineer employs all the tools of his trade to rid a garden of snails - c. 1260, Rutland Psalter, British Library, Add. 62925, f. 48r
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❤️Happy Valentine’s Day❤️ - 1st half of the 14th century, Zürich, Codex Manesse, Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg, Cod. Pal. germ. 848, f. 249v
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Fifteenth-century diagrams of the instrument designed and used by the surgeon John Bradmore to extract an arrow lodged deep in the face of the teenage Prince of Wales (future Henry V of England) after the Battle of Shrewsbury in 1403.
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That morning James began to wonder whether ‘Dog Walker’ was the right career choice for him - 15th century, Bodleian Library MS. Douce 336, f. 32r
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🎄This holiday season please remember, cute as they may be, weird little medieval pets are for life, not just for Christmas 🎄 - Early 14th century, Maastricht Book of Hours, British Library, Stowe MS 17, f. 182v
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If only this little chap was real. Unfortunately, it is but an ‘elephant done by a medieval artist that had never seen one’ - mid-15th century, BnF Français 1312, f. 27v
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More from the medieval ‘Ministry of Silly Walks’, late 13th century, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, MS 229 (Lancelot Prose Cycle), f. 326r
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Perhaps the cutest ever ‘elephant done by a medieval artist that had never seen one’ - 1330’s, Cocharelli Codex, British Library, Add. MS 28841, f. 3r
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The spotted, oboe-trunked, horse-bodied ‘elephant done by a medieval artist that had never seen one’ - late 14th century, German, Wormsley Library, Ms. BM3731, f. 4r
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Thursday’s ‘elephant done by a medieval artist that had never seen one’ - mid-15th century, The Morgan Library and Museum, MS M.385., f. 27r
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Medieval Dog Kennel 🐕 According to the manual this illustration comes from, these hunting dogs would have fresh water twice a day & clean straw bedding every three days - Livre de la chasse, mid to late 14th century, Morgan Library and Museum, MS M.1044, f. 43v
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The inhabitants of Radiaton didn’t appreciate the benefits of building their city near a rich uranium deposit until the first raspberry harvest - mid-15th century, Saint-Omer (Pas de Calais), Bibliothèque municipale, 183, f. 22v
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Getting the Easter eggs ready — 13th century, Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS 229, f. 31r
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For the past 8 years Jeremy had spent his vacations on the banks of Loch Ness, praying he would see the legendary monster. Suddenly now, he wished he’d gone to Skegness instead - late 15th century, Saint-Omer, Bibliothèque municipale, 236, 64v
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When you need to bring up a very important point - 14th century, Roman de Renart, BnF Français 12584, f. 61r
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Exquisite ‘manicula’ or ‘little hand’ used to draw the reader’s attention to an important line or passage in the manuscript - 2nd half of the 15th century, Bodleian Library MS. Add. A. 15, f. 56r
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Either a highly stylised example or one of the most insane examples of an ‘elephant done by a medieval artist who had never seen one’ - 2nd half of the 12th century, British Library, Sloane 2435, f. 53r
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“BOOP!” - 2nd quarter of the 14th century, Luttrell Psalter, British Library, Add. MS 42130, f. 54v
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Brother Gerard had joined the monastery at his father’s behest, but it was juggling that had always been his true vocation - British Library, Add. 36684, f. 72r
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This weekend’s ‘Elephant done by a medieval artist who had never seen one’ is a rather trippy looking little guy - Middle of the 13th century Bestiary, British Library, Sloane MS 278, f. 48v
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Dog Treats !! A big bag of Medieval dog treats - from Livre de la chasse, mid to late 14th century, Morgan Library and Museum, MS M.1044, f. 45r
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The first bronze sculpture in the ‘elephant done by a medieval artist that had never seen one’ series - made between 1200–1400, bronze candlestick, German, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
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Time to play What Is It?: (A) a horse with an extended snout or (B) an ‘elephant done by a medieval artist that had never seen one’ (the answer is B, of course) - 1460s, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek an Cgm 1126, f. 126r
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Turning the tables last quarter of the 13th century, Lancelot Prose Cycle, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, MS 229
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Ancestor of the ‘Cookie Monster’, the medieval ‘Doughnut Demon’, was a rather more frightening creature - 15th century, Grandes Heures de Jean de Berry, BnF - Latin 919, f. 109r
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A very handy tail, indeed - late 13th century, The Ormesby Psalter, Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 366, f. 55v
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Bonus Thursday ‘elephant done by a medieval artist that had never seen one’ - first half of the 14th century, Rome, Biblioteca Corsiniana, 55.K.2 (Rossi 17), f. 35r
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Beautiful Bonus Thursday ‘elephant done by a medieval artist that had never seen one’ - 1430s, Freiburg Universitätsbibliothek, 179, f. 66v
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The typical hooves and dog ears, but the ‘grippers’ on the end of the trunks are something new. These can only mean one thing, ‘elephants done by a medieval artist that had never seen one’ - early 15th century, British Library, Royal 20 B. XX, f. 82v
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UFC FIGHT NIGHT HISTORY: In one of the earliest recorded bouts, Mary ‘The Virgin’ took out ‘Devilish Dave’ in the 3rd round with a clean shot to the right eye, becoming the undisputed Middleweight Champ - 1st half of of the 13th century, British Library, Add MS 49999, f. 40v
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Blow the horns as the old year goes out and a new one arrives!! - Happy New Year! - early 14th century Maastricht Hours, British Library, Stowe MS 17, f. 153v
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Time to enter the Year of the Dragon - Early 14th century, Maastricht Hours, British Library, Stowe MS 17, f. 156r
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The relaxed, slow pace of village life in Snailton-on-the-Bend - 15th century, Le secret de l’histoire naturelle, BnF, Français 22971, f. 60v
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Centuries before it became fashionable, Chris discovered the relaxing benefits of a weekly ‘goat yoga’ session - early 15th century, Tübingen, Universitätsbibliothek, Md 2, f. 39v
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Alice tried hard to take in the opulence of the richly appointed room, but all her eyes could focus on was her husband’s rapidly expanding bald spot - ca. 1470, London, England, Morgan Library and Museum, MS M.126, f. 54v
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Found near Verona, a male c. 40 yrs, dating between the 6th-8th C. Evidence shows a healed amputation of the right forearm. In life he wore a useful leather prosthesis with a knife on the end. He used his teeth to tighten a leather strap that attached the device to his arm.
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Resembling a pig-footed dog with the snout of a crocodile, it’s an ‘elephant done by a medieval artist that had never seen one’ - 15th century, Frankfurt, Universitätsbibliothek, germ. qu. 100, f. 34r
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Excited about spring and the long Easter weekend - A doodle from the margins of the 15th century, Carpentras. Bibliothèque inguimbertine, Ms. 368 f. 64v
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“Honestly, if I knew where your friend was I would tell you.” - Early 14th century, Gorleston Psalter, British Library, Add. MS 49622, f. 49v
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A new week of targets to aim for - 14th century, Bodleian Library, MS. Bodl. 264, 3r
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Bonus Thursday dog chewing a hose…., sorry ‘elephant done by a medieval artist that had never seen one’ - 1st half of the 15th century, Leipzig Universitätsbibliothek - Cod. Haen. 3506, f. 56r
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Comb Truths - Frequent combing of these medieval hunting dogs helped to rid them of all that caused itching and irritation, often picked up in the bush and undergrowth - Livre de la chasse, mid to late 14th century, Morgan Library and Museum, MS M.1044, f. 44v
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A rather monastic looking bird holds a rosary with one of its feet, while its head imitates the tonsure. 15th century English glass.
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The incredibly beautiful cover of the Reichenau Gospels - Richly decorated with gold and jewels, 30.5 cm x 23.5 cm - early 11th century, München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 4454
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“The cool stuff is right here” - 2nd half of the 13th century, Chambéry Bibliothèques municipales, Ms. 27, f. 209v
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Bonus Thursday ‘elephant done by a medieval artist that had never seen one’. This blue beast is being attacked by a dragon - early 13th century, Oxford, St John's College MS 61, f. 61r
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❤️Happy Valentine’s Day❤️ - 1st half of the 14th century, Zürich, Codex Manesse, Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg, Cod. Pal. germ. 848, f. 249v
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Winning the Rat Race - 1350’s, Pontifical de Guillaume, Paris. Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, Ms. 143, f. 77v
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🎅 ’Reindeer Wrangler’, one of the North Pole’s toughest jobs at this time of year 🎅 - Macclesfield Psalter, 1330’s, Fitzwilliam Museum MS 1-2005, f. 193v
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The Best Night Out In The Middle Ages - The Original Party Bus - Music, Food, Drink and Fun - Available for Hen Do’s and Stag Nights - mid-14th century, Zürich, Zentralbibliothek / Ms. Rh. 15 - Rudolf von Ems, Weltchronik, f. 54r
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When you don’t quite meet the minimum height requirement to be king - 13th century, The Morgan Library and Museum, 024, MS M.429, f. 10v
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Brandishing the castle’s toilet brush, Sir Percy was the most feared man on the battlefield that day - 15th century, Det Kongelige Bibliotek, MS Thott.290.2º, f. 45v
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Cute as they may be, please remember, weird little medieval pets are for life, not just for Christmas. Early 14th century, Maastricht Book of Hours, British Library, Stowe MS 17, f. 182v
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