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Monkey riding a goat with a hunting owl. Luttrell Psalter, England ca. 1325-1340. British Library, Add 42130, fol. 38r.
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mastodon 4.8.0-nightly.2026-10-06Hi, I'm here to keep Mastodon a beautiful place. I post an excerpt of #medieval #bookIllumination 🏰📖 every day at 7 AM CET, showcasing the intricate artistry of the #MiddleAges.
We explore the fascinating world of medieval art, where hidden humor🐒, stunning visuals 👹, and rich history 🪽 come together to challenge misconceptions. Let's appreciate the vibrant world of medieval manuscripts and discover how the Middle Ages were far from dark.
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The Three Dead. ‘De Lisle Psalter’, England ca. 1310. BL, Arundel 83, fol. 127r.
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Goat-headed rooster. 'Hours of Joanna the Mad', Bruges 1486-1506. BL, Add 18852, fol. 94v.
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Rabbits with cell phones? Gorleston Psalter, England 14th century. British Library, Add 49622, fol. 107v.
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Bear rider. Les Grandes Heures du duc de Berry, Paris 1409. BnF, Latin 919, fol. 75r.
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bBadgers, badgers, badgers. Gaston Phoebus, Livre de la chasse, Avignon ca. 1375-1400. BnF, Français 619, fol. 23v.
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Hedgehogs in the vineyard. bestiary, England ca. 1226-1250. Bodleian Library, MS. Bodl. 764, fol. 52v.
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Hedgehog. Le Bestiaire divin, England 13th century. BL, Egerton 613, fol. 38v.
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Little Bear. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿUmar al-Ṣūfī, Kitāb ṣuwar al-kawākib al-ṯābita, Samarkand ca. 1430-1440. BnF, Arabe 5036, fol. 23r.
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Love wins. Christine de Pisan, ‘L'Epistre Othea la deesse…’, Paris ca. 1406. BnF, Français 606, fol. 6r.
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Hey #cat. stop licking your butt on the Book of Maccabees or you’ll get an arrow! Biblia Porta, France 13th century. Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire de Lausanne, U 964, fol. 376r.
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Black mouse. ‘The Maastricht Hours’, Liège 14th century, BL, Stowe 17, fol. 129v.
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Owl. Breviary of Mary of Savoy, Lombardy ca. 1430. Chambéry, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 4, fol. 447r.
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Crowned cat. Scheibler Armorial, Germany ca. 1450-1480. München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cod.icon. 312 c, p. 258.
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Ants. De Natura animalium, Cambrai ca. 1270. Douai, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 711, fol. 24r.
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Sign of Pisces. Matfre Ermengau, Breviari d'amor, Occitania ca. 1300-1350. BL, Harley 4940, fol. 30v.
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Horse musician. book of hours, Flanders ca. 1300. Cambridge, Trinity College B.11.22, fol. 185v.
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#AllSaints. Hours of Louis de Laval, France ca. 1480. BnF, Latin 920, fols. 180r, 181r, 182r.
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Hot bath. Cité de Dieu (French translation of St Augustine’s De Civitate Dei), Paris ca. 1475. Paris, Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, ms. 246, fol. 389r.
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Heraldic bat. Jean Mansel, La Fleur des histoires, France 1454. Paris, Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal, Ms 5087 réserve, fol. 96v.
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Sea turtle. Jacob van Maerlant, Der Naturen Bloeme, Utrecht, ca. 1340-1350. Den Haag, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, KA 16, fol. 110v.
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Mandrake. Pseudo-Apuleius Platonicus, De medicaminibus herbarum liber, England 12th century. British Library, Harley 5294, fol. 43r.
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Love is stronger than hate. #LoveIsLove. Maqamat al-Hariri (Maqāma 32), Syria or Iraq ca. 1240. BnF, Arabe 3929, fol. 122r.
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Catwalk. Miracle XXXI: 'How Saint Jerome and his companion beheld a little devil on the train of the dress of a woman of Bethlehem'. Jean Miélot, Jean Le Tavernier (illuminator), La Vie et Miracles de Nostre Dame, Audenarde 1456. BnF, Français 9198, fol. 91r.
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Rabbit and #Goliath. Pontifical of Renaud de Bar, France ca. 1303-1316. Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, MS 298, fol. 7r.
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Bishop boar on a camel. book of hours, Provence, ca. 1440-1450. NY, Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.358, fol. 13r.
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Initial ‘F’. Chansonnier of Zeghere van Male, Bruges 1542. Cambrai, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 125B fol. 25v.
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Winged musician riding a leopard. Anjou Bible, Naples ca. 1340. Universiteitsbibliotheek Leuven, Cod. 1, fol. 307v.
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Nine circles of #Hell. #Dante Alighieri, Divina Commedia, Italy c. 1420-1430. BnF, Italien 74, fol. 1v.
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#Bat in the tower. bestiary, France c. 1340. Montpellier, Bibliothèque interuniversitaire, Section Médecine, H 437, fol. 212r.
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#Earthquake. #Apocalypse, Normandy ca. 1320-1330 BL, Add 17333, fol. 8r.
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#Christ on Majesty flanked by two angels blowing trumpets of the Last Judgement and... a little grey guy licking its butt. Missal, Bavaria ca. 1440-1460. New York Public Library, MA 112, fol. 7r.
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Bipedal donkey. Bohun Psalter, England ca. 1356-1373. British Library, Egerton 3277, fol. 36v.
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I thought I saw a pussy cat. Biblia porta, France 13th century. Lausanne, Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire de Lausanne, U 964, fol. 357v.
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Rabbit in the shell. Guillaume de Machaut, Prise d'Alexandrie, Reims ca. 1372-1377. BNF, Français 1584, fol. 336v.
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Fat squirrel. Jean Mansel, ‘La Fleur des histoires ou les hystores rommaines abregies…’, France 1454. Paris, Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal, Ms 5088 réserve, fol. 175v.
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Origen emasculating himself. Roman de la Rose, France 15th century. Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 195, fol. 122v.
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Costume ideas. Livre de la Vigne nostre Seigneur, France c. 1450-1470. Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 134, fol. 99r.
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Dolphin of Ganges and an #elephant. Thomas of Cantimpré, Liber de natura rerum, France ca. 1290.. Valenciennes, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 320, fol. 118r.
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Initial ‘R’. Hours of Charles of Angoulême, France ca. 1475-1500. BnF, Latin 1173, fol. 5r.
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Christus und die minnende Seele. Gedicht von Christus und der minnenden Seele, Constance ca. 1490. Einsiedeln, Stiftsbibliothek, Codex 710(322), fol. 6r-20r.
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#Whore of Babylon. Beatus of Liébana, Commentaria in Apocalypsin (the ‘Beatus of Saint-Sever’), Saint-Sever before 1072. BnF, Latin 8878, fol. 52v.
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Crowned by #devils. Giovanni Boccaccio, The Fall of Princes (John Lydgate’s version of De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium), England ca. 1450-1460. BL, Harley 1766, fol. 200r.
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#Medieval butt competition? left: Jacques de Longuyon, ‘Les voeux du paon’, Tournai (?), ca. 1350. NY, Morgan, MS G.24, fol. 25v. right: ‘The Rutland Psalter’, England ca. 1260. British Library, Add 62925, fol. 67r.
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Man holding a banderole inscribed ‘non est deus’ ('there is no god’) and whispering #devils. initial of Psalm 52 'Dixit insipiens in corde suo: non est Deus’ ('The fool hath said in his heart, there is no God’). Psalter, France after 1205. LA, Getty, Ms. 66, fol. 56r.
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My bloody valentine. Aurora consurgens, St. Gallen 15th century. Zürich, Zentralbibliothek, Ms. Rhenoviensis 172, fol. 19v.
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Paschal lamb. Speculum humanae salvationis, Germany ca. 1360. Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt, Hs 2505, fol. 28v.
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Siege of the Castle of Ladies. Luttrell Psalter, England ca. 1325-1340. British Library, Add 42130, fol. 75v.
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#Medieval censorship. ‘Mettener Regel’, Germany 1414. München, BSB Clm 8201d, fol. 24r.
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