Wednesday, August 31, 2016

Weird things you find in medieval manuscripts.

In marginalia, no one can hear you scream



This image is from the 14th century Macclesfield Psalter (Fitzwilliam Museum, MS 1-2005, fol. 68r). I have no clue what the artist was thinking. Is this a skate or a ray? A moth. A ghost? Something more sinister?



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