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A nun harvests phalluses from a phallus tree in the Roman de la Rose, c. 192rīattle between a knight and a snail as depicted in the margins of Gorleston Psalter. Jean de Wavrin, Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre, Bruges 1471-1483. Medieval Manuscripts Are Full of Knights Fighting Snails.Killer Rabbits Terrorized the Pages of Medieval Manuscripts.
There are a surprising number of killer rabbits in medieval manuscripts! A killer rabbit in the Smithfield Decretals, c. Ī nude man with his finger in his behind distracts from the more serious illustration of some noble men and women playing chess. Add MS 10294/1 f.1dr | Source: The British Library. A king defecates on the heads of two kissing, humanoid creatures. From penis monsters to naughty nuns, butt trumpets, and murderous beasts, these medieval texts are full of surprises! Manuscripts of the Middle Ages are filled with farting, pooping, fornicating, and battling humans, animals and creatures of all kinds. But equally captivating is the marginalia – the sketches and doodles in the margins of the text – which range from the mundane to the bizarre, obscene and just plain weird. Many medieval manuscripts are works of art with devotional passages written in careful calligraphy, accompanied by vivid illustrations and ornate, decorative borders.
