September 30, 201213 yr Guess BuzzFeed does have its uses... 20 Bizarre Examples Of Medieval Marginalia Yo, medieval scribes: no one's going to read the text you so painstakingly lettered if you continue to draw weird and dirty pictures in the margins. Well, I guess you're all dead, so we can't fix this now, can we? Baby Praying Mantis top10 Community Contributor 1. A penis tree From a 14th century copy of Romance of the Rose. Source: culture-et-debats.over-blog.com / via: gotmedieval.com 2. A monkey with an arrow stuck in its butt From Bibliothèque Mazarine MS 520. Source: gotmedieval.com / via: gotmedieval.com 3. Ass arrows, again From the Rutland Psalter, c. 1260. Via: laphamsquarterly.org 4. An inappropriate rabbit From Breviary, Use of Verdun c. 1302-1305. Source: http://25.media.tumb...pc0go1_1280.jpg / via: kardiologn.livejournal.com 5. Another inappropriate rabbit From Bodleian Library’s MS Douce 5. Source: gotmedieval.com / via: bigshoediaries.blogspot.com 6. This obviously boneless individual Source: tonyynot / via: mediumaevum 7. An ape bludgeoning a man with an axe Via: mediumaevum 8. Whatever's going on here Via: janiek.wordpress.com 9. Creative, naked nose picking? From Book of Hours, Walters Manuscript W.102, fol. 92v. Source: farm9.staticflickr.com / via: medmss 10. A man voiding his bowels Via: andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com 11. An amputee brawl From Bodleian Alexander (MS Bodl. 264). Source: gotmedieval.com / via: gotmedieval.com 12. Ape sodomy From Bodleian MS Douce 6. Source: gotmedieval.com / via: gotmedieval.com 13. The guy on the left From The Vows of the Peacock c. 1350. Source: img.gawkerassets.com / via: io9.com 14. Ass trumpets From The Vows of the Peacock c. 1350. Via: io9.com 15. Man riding a head toward a naked woman Via: janiek.wordpress.com 16. Hellbarrows From The Taymouth Hours. Source: 2.bp.blogspot.com / via: gotmedieval.com 17. Nom nom nom From The Taymouth Hours. Source: 2.bp.blogspot.com / via: gotmedieval.com 18. THIS GUY From Codex, with gloss of Accursius, MS Canon. Misc. 495. Source: tinyurl.com / via: bodleian.ox.ac.uk 19. Babies torturing a naked man From Breviary, Carthusian use. MS. Canon. Liturg. 410. Source: tinyurl.com / via: bodleian.ox.ac.uk 20. A snake man playing the bagpipes with his anus From Pierpont Morgan Library’s MS G24. Source: gotmedieval.com LINK: For more amazing marginalia, check out Got Medieval. gotmedieval.com
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