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Monkey baseball. Psalter, Flanders ca. 1320-1330. Bodleian Library, Douce 6, fol. 114r.
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Monkey baseball. Psalter, Flanders ca. 1320-1330. Bodleian Library, Douce 6, fol. 114r. #medieval #MedievalArt
November 30, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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Rabbits. Gaston Phébus, Livre de la chasse, Paris 15th century. BnF, Français 616, fol. 26v.
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Rabbits. Gaston Phébus, Livre de la chasse, Paris 15th century. BnF, Français 616, fol. 26v. #medieval #MedievalArt
November 29, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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Siege rabbits. Pontifical of Renaud de Bar, France ca. 1303-1316. Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, MS 298, fol. 41r.
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Siege rabbits. Pontifical of Renaud de Bar, France ca. 1303-1316. Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, MS 298, fol. 41r. #medieval #MedievalArt
November 28, 2025 at 6:02 AM
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Angry snail. Jacob van Maerlant, Der Naturen Bloeme, Flanders ca. 1350. Den Haag, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, KA 16, fol. 109v.
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Angry snail. Jacob van Maerlant, Der Naturen Bloeme, Flanders ca. 1350. Den Haag, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, KA 16, fol. 109v. #medieval #MedievalArt
November 27, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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Firebreather. Bartholomeus Anglicus, De proprietatibus rerum (Occitan version), Toulouse ca. 1350. Paris, Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, ms. 1029, fol. 248v.
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Firebreather. Bartholomeus Anglicus, De proprietatibus rerum (Occitan version), Toulouse ca. 1350. Paris, Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, ms. 1029, fol. 248v. #medieval #MedievalArt
November 26, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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Wild #cats. Gaston Phébus, Livre de la chasse, Paris 15th century. BnF, Français 616, fol. 36r.
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Wild #cats. Gaston Phébus, Livre de la chasse, Paris 15th century. BnF, Français 616, fol. 36r. #medieval #MedievalArt
November 25, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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Conception of Merlin. Histoire de Merlin, France (Poitiers), 1450-1455. BnF, Français 96, fol. 62v.
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Conception of Merlin. Histoire de Merlin, France (Poitiers), 1450-1455. BnF, Français 96, fol. 62v. #medieval #MedievalArt
November 24, 2025 at 6:02 AM
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Climbing down #Satan’s fur. #dante, Divina Commedia, Urbino and Ferrara 1477-1478. Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Urb.lat.365, fol. 93v.
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Climbing down #Satan’s fur. #Dante, Divina Commedia, Urbino and Ferrara 1477-1478. Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Urb.lat.365, fol. 93v. #medieval #MedievalArt
November 23, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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Buttfaced stag. Summer volume of the Breviary of Renaud/Marguerite de Bar, Metz ca. 1302-1305. Verdun, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 107, fol. 100v.
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Buttfaced stag. Summer volume of the Breviary of Renaud/Marguerite de Bar, Metz ca. 1302-1305. Verdun, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 107, fol. 100v. #medieval #MedievalArt
November 22, 2025 at 6:03 AM
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Holy Mary full of grace, punch that devil in the face. book of hours ('The De Brailes Hours’), Oxford ca. 1240. BL, Add 49999, fol. 40v.
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Holy Mary full of grace, punch that devil in the face. book of hours ('The De Brailes Hours’), Oxford ca. 1240. BL, Add 49999, fol. 40v. #medieval #MedievalArt
November 21, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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Demonic cats on the deathbed. Jean Miélot, La Vie et Miracles de Nostre Dame, Oudenaarde 1456. BnF, Français 9198, fol. 110v.
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Demonic cats on the deathbed. Jean Miélot, La Vie et Miracles de Nostre Dame, Oudenaarde 1456. BnF, Français 9198, fol. 110v. #medieval #MedievalArt
November 20, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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The beast. La Somme le Roi, Normandy 1311. Paris, Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal, Ms 6329, fol. 16v.
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The beast. La Somme le Roi, Normandy 1311. Paris, Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal, Ms 6329, fol. 16v. #medieval #MedievalArt
November 19, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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On deathbed with demonic cats. Vincent of Beauvais, Speculum historiale, Paris 1396. BnF, Français 312, fol. 334v.
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On deathbed with demonic cats. Vincent of Beauvais, Speculum historiale, Paris 1396. BnF, Français 312, fol. 334v. #medieval #MedievalArt
November 18, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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Sign of Leo. Bartholomeus Anglicus, De proprietatibus rerum (French translation), Ahun 1480. BnF, Français 9140, fol. 166v.
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Sign of Leo. Bartholomeus Anglicus, De proprietatibus rerum (French translation), Ahun 1480. BnF, Français 9140, fol. 166v. #medieval #MedievalArt
November 17, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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Back door to Heaven. prose version of Pèlerinage de vie humaine of Guillaume de Deguileville, Paris or Tours ca. 1475. Genève, Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 181, fol. 4r.
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Back door to Heaven. prose version of Pèlerinage de vie humaine of Guillaume de Deguileville, Paris or Tours ca. 1475. Genève, Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 181, fol. 4r. #medieval #MedievalArt
November 16, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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Bat. Pabenham-Clifford Hours, England ca. 1315-1320. Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, MS 242, fol. 52r.
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Bat. Pabenham-Clifford Hours, England ca. 1315-1320. Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, MS 242, fol. 52r. #medieval #MedievalArt
November 15, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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St. George and the Baby #dragon. book of hours, France 15th century. British Library, Harley 2952, fol. 21r.
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St. George and the Baby #Dragon. book of hours, France 15th century. British Library, Harley 2952, fol. 21r. #medieval #MedievalArt
November 14, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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Fishcat vs. spear rat. Pontifical of Guillaume Durand, Avignon, before 1390. Paris, Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, ms. 143, fol. 161v.
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Fishcat vs. spear rat. Pontifical of Guillaume Durand, Avignon, before 1390. Paris, Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, ms. 143, fol. 161v. #medieval #MedievalArt
November 13, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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#monkey and baby #cat. book of hours, Flanders ca. 1475-1499. Paris, Bibliothèque Mazarine, ms. 502, fol. 37v.
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#Monkey and baby #cat. book of hours, Flanders ca. 1475-1499. Paris, Bibliothèque Mazarine, ms. 502, fol. 37v. #medieval #MedievalArt
November 12, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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Marginal bunny. ‘Hours of Joanna the Mad’, Bruges 1486-1506. BL, Add 18852, fol. 141r,
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Marginal bunny. ‘Hours of Joanna the Mad’, Bruges 1486-1506. BL, Add 18852, fol. 141r, #medieval #MedievalArt
November 11, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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Buttpecker. Hours of Saint-Omer, France ca. 1320. BL, Add 36684, fol. 54r.
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Buttpecker. Hours of Saint-Omer, France ca. 1320. BL, Add 36684, fol. 54r. #medieval #MedievalArt
November 10, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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#dragon attacking an #elephant. bestiary, England ca. 1226-1250. Bodleian Library, MS. Bodl. 764, fol. 92v.
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#Dragon attacking an #elephant. bestiary, England ca. 1226-1250. Bodleian Library, MS. Bodl. 764, fol. 92v. #medieval #MedievalArt
November 9, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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#cats. Aberdeen Bestiary, England ca. 1200. Aberdeen University Library, MS 24, fol. 23v.
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#Cats. Aberdeen Bestiary, England ca. 1200. Aberdeen University Library, MS 24, fol. 23v. #medieval #MedievalArt
November 8, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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Lapdog. ‘Maciejowski Bible’, Paris c. 1240. NY, Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.638, fol. 29v.
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Lapdog. ‘Maciejowski Bible’, Paris c. 1240. NY, Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.638, fol. 29v. #medieval #MedievalArt
November 7, 2025 at 6:02 AM
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Royal poo. Prose Lancelot, France 1316. BL, Add 10294/1, fol. 1dr.
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Royal poo. Prose Lancelot, France 1316. BL, Add 10294/1, fol. 1dr. #medieval #MedievalArt
November 6, 2025 at 6:00 AM