Notices by Medieval Illumination (medieval_illuminations@mastodon.social)

Bipedal donkey. Bohun Psalter, England ca. 1356-1373. British Library, Egerton 3277, fol. 36v.
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Horse musician. book of hours, Flanders ca. 1300. Cambridge, Trinity College B.11.22, fol. 185v.
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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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War #elephant. Naples ca. 1340. Universiteitsbibliotheek Leuven, Cod. 1, fol. 146r.
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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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Initial ‘R’. Hours of Charles of Angoulême, France ca. 1475-1500. BnF, Latin 1173, fol. 5r.
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Happy #dragon. Luttrell Psalter, England ca. 1325-1340. British Library, Add 42130, fol. 196r.
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Boiled clergy. Livre de la Vigne nostre Seigneur, France ca. 1450-1470. Bodleian, MS. Douce 134, fol. 85r.
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Rabbit #dragon. Gorleston Psalter, England 14th century. British Library, Add 49622, fol. 165v.
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Flame-farting bonnacon. Gautier de Coinci, Miracles de Notre Dame, France 13th century. Besançon, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 551, fol. 10v.
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The Dragon and the Woman clothed with the Sun. Bamberg Apocalypse, Reichenau ca. 1010. Staatsbibliothek Bamberg, Msc.Bibl.140, fol. 29v.
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Superlion. Hours of Louis de Laval, France ca. 1480. BnF, Latin 920, fol. 29v.
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Owl. book of hours, Hainaut ca. 1450-60. Baltimore, Walters Art Museum, Ms. W.267, fol. 179v.
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Constellation #Aries. Cicero’s Aratea with Hyginus’s Astronomica, Reims(?) ca. 820-850. British Library, Harley 647, fol. 2v.
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#Lion face. book of hours, Savoie 15th century. Clermont-Ferrand, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 84, fol. 27r.
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Magpie and owl. Psalter, Canterbury ca. 1210-1220. Bodleian Library, MS. Ashmole 1525, fol. 80r.
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Rabbit knight. Vincent of Beauvais, Speculum historiale, France ca. 1294-1297. Boulogne-sur-Mer, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 130II, fol. 87v.
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The king of the cats. Antonius von Pforr, Buch der Beispiele, Swabia ca. 1475-1482. Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg, Cod. Pal. germ. 84, fol. 227v.
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Queck! Gorleston Psalter, England 14th century. British Library, Add 49622, fol. 190v.
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Another funeral procession. Macclesfield Psalter, England ca. 1330. Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, fol. 11r.
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